Listening to Complainers Is Bad for Your Brain
I have long known the Brain is an associative computer: It reminds you of things similar to the topics of discussion/observations….hint: Think of higher things and your Brain will assist you in thinking higher things…what the article says from the other side of the coin….
Do you hate it when people complain? It turns out there’s a good reason: Listening to too much complaining is bad for your brain in multiple ways, according to Trevor Blake, a serial entrepreneur and author of Three Simple Steps: A Map to Success in Business and Life. In the book, he describes how neuroscientists have learned to measure brain activity when faced with various stimuli, including a long gripe session.
“The brain works more like a muscle than we thought,” Blake says. “So if you’re pinned in a corner for too long listening to someone being negative, you’re more likely to behave that way as well.”
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