How to Talk to People: ‘Everyone Used to be Nicer,’ And Other Persistent Myths
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The Effects of Redeeming Stories on Mental Health
The stories that we tell ourselves about our own lives, like really do sort of shape who we are. And it probably won't surprise you to hear that contamination sequences are not great for people's mental health. In our studies, the much smaller group of people who say that people are better now than they used to be. The only other demographic difference that we found was an ideological one, a political one.
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