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Do therapists take their own advice? Interviewing my mum, Doris Brett

How I Work

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Downward Comparison and Optimism Bias

downward comparisons are in everyday life really pretty easy. You can go up to someone who has a really cushy job or you can go down to someone who's desperately trying to find work. If you feel very negatively about the job because it's a much, quote, worse job than your upward comparison, you just kind of tend to feel angry and bitter. So how do you know when the downward comparison is actually helping us versus hindering us?

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