Failure not so bad
Dwelling on your past failures might actually help reduce stress.
A study from 2018, says it all: "Writing about past failures attenuates cortisol responses and sustained attention deficits following psychosocial stress." According to the study, "Writing about a previous failure may allow an individual to experience a new stressor as less stressful, reducing its physiological and behavioural effects." It sounds paradoxical, but the next time you're facing a crazy situation, just reflect on a time when it all went wrong - and things might not feel so bad. (Via Mentalfloss.com)
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