While we tend to prioritize happiness and positivity in order to live a fulfilling life or one without stress, researchers suggest that a mix of both positive and negative emotions can lead to the best outcomes. Certainly, we shouldn’t neglect negative emotions and why we feel them. There is a reason why they surface. Some people try to suppress those emotions thinking that they only do harm, but it’s not the emotions per se that are harmful, rather it’s what we do with them and whether they take hold of us instead of us managing them.
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In an experiment, researchers showed participants visuals which elicited certain emotional or neutral responses and then presented them with a challenging goal. Based on the results of the experiment, when participants evoked the emotion of anger, it aided them in achieving the goal set before them. Apart from this, the researchers also looked into surveys conducted during the 2016 and 2020 US presidential elections. They found that when voters said that they would be angry if their candidate did not win, they were more motivated to vote.
These findings suggest that anger can become the impetus for people to do something to reach whatever goal they have set or to take action for something that they thought would be unfavorable or detrimental to them. It just shows how negative emotions such as anger, sadness, or even boredom can be effective in pushing people to success. -via Phys
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