Little Ways to Counteract Your Hardwired Negativity Bias
<p>Ifyou feel like your brain is always anticipating or noticing problems, know it’s not your fault: humans have a <a href="https://www.healthline.com/health/negativity-bias#:~:text=We%20humans%20have%20a%20tendency,experiences%20are%20insignificant%20or%20inconsequential." rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">hardwired negativity bias</a>. When we have a negative experience, it often immediately gets stored in our working memory in order to help protect us from potential future harm.</p>
<p>A positive experience, on the other hand, only tends to form a new neural pathway if you deliberately linger on it. Ordinary little moments, which are often the happiest ones, simply aren’t as dramatic. We don’t remember them as “events” unless they’re unusual, or we <a href="https://www.rickhanson.net/growing-good/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">really savor them</a>.</p>
<p>If we don’t actively counteract our default mode of scanning for problems, we will become so drained and discouraged that we’ll lack the skill and energy needed to effectively <em>address</em> those very problems. </p>
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