Learn why tweeting about negative feelings MIGHT make you feel better. Then, learn the specific words you should use to get what you want, with some help from a special guest: happiness expert Stella Grizont. In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss how tweeting about negative feelings might make you feel better. Read more here: https://curiosity.im/2MDaJ1k Additional resources from Stella Grizont: The Vision Generator — https://www.workhappinessmethod.com/vision/ WOOPAAH (Stella Grizont is Founder and CEO) — http://www.woopaah.com/ @StellaGrizont on Twitter — https://twitter.com/stellagrizont The Psychology Of Happiness | Curiosity Podcast Episode w/ Stella Grizont — https://curiosity.im/2sS5wd6 How to Set the Right Goals (and Actually Achieve Them!) | Curiosity Podcast Episode w/ Stella Grizont — https://curiosity.im/2sRnhZK If you love our show and you're interested in hearing full-length interviews, then please consider supporting us on Patreon. You'll get exclusive episodes and access to our archives as soon as you become a Patron! https://www.patreon.com/curiositydotcom Download the FREE 5-star Curiosity app for Android and iOS at https://curiosity.im/podcast-app. And Amazon smart speaker users: you can listen to our podcast as part of your Amazon Alexa Flash Briefing — just click “enable” here: https://curiosity.im/podcast-flash-briefing.
Learn why tweeting about negative feelings MIGHT make you feel better. Then, learn the specific words you should use to get what you want, with some help from a special guest: happiness expert Stella Grizont.
In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss how tweeting about negative feelings might make you feel better. Read more here: https://curiosity.im/2MDaJ1k
Additional resources from Stella Grizont:
If you love our show and you're interested in hearing full-length interviews, then please consider supporting us on Patreon. You'll get exclusive episodes and access to our archives as soon as you become a Patron! https://www.patreon.com/curiositydotcom
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CODY: Hi! We’re here from curiosity-dot-com to help you get smarter in just a few minutes. I’m Cody Gough.
ASHLEY: And I’m Ashley Hamer. Today, you’ll learn why tweeting about negative feelings MIGHT make you feel better. You’ll also learn the specific words you should use to get what you want, with some help from a special guest: happiness expert Stella Grizont.
CODY: Let’s satisfy some curiosity on the award-winning Curiosity Daily.
Tweeting About Negative Feelings Might Make You Feel Better — https://curiosity.im/2MDaJ1k (Ashley)
ASHLEY: New research suggests that tweeting about negative feelings might make you feel better. This study comes with some caveats, but hey — if the findings turn out to be true, then maybe you’ll walk away with a new way to cut down on some bad feelings. [CODY: So, this study came up with findings by analyzing 75,000 Twitter accounts, and processing their tweets using a sentiment analysis tool / ad lib on social media sentiment analysis]
That having been said, this study was based on previous psychological research, so it definitely has legs.
ASHLEY: Researchers were looking for accounts that tweeted straightforwardly about feelings. Stuff like “I feel really bad,” or “I’m feeling awesome. Tweets like this are what’s called affect labeling, and previous psychological research suggests that it has a therapeutic effect — especially if the affect labeled is negative. Even just putting dark feelings into words seems to lessen those dark feelings. The researchers used a sentiment analysis tool called the Valence Aware Dictionary and Sentiment Reader, or VADER. And that rated the positivity or negativity of tweets. They found that affect labeling worked differently for positive and negative emotions. Negative affect labeling usually brewed for a long time; a tweet like "I feel really bad" usually came after a long string of tweets with negative VADER scores. Positive affect labeling, on the other hand, came on suddenly, with much less windup. The tweets themselves had different effects, too. Tweeting "I feel really bad" typically made people feel better — or at least, the tweets that came after a straightforward expression of unhappiness like that had higher VADER scores. Tweeting "I feel amazing," on the other hand, had the opposite effect. It seemed to dissipate the user's joy since the tweets that followed tended not to be as glowing. In a way, though, these are both facets of the same phenomenon: Expressing or "labeling" an emotion tends to diffuse it and bring you, or at least your tweets, back to a neutral emotional state. But it's not clear if tweets are a good way to measure someone's genuine emotional state. People pretend to be happy on social media all the time, and even when we do express that we’re sad, we do it in careful and curated ways. This study may really be evidence that people only tweet about their darkest emotions sporadically, so they don’t seem like a drag. It's also unclear if affect labeling actually causes feelings to dissipate. It's more plausible with negative emotions — I mean, if people respond with a bunch of supportive messages, that could understandably make you feel better and put you in a better mood. But why would tweeting about joy deplete it? Instead, it might just lessen over time because that's what all feelings do. Still, the next time you’re feeling rough, it might not hurt to tweet about it. Let us know if it helps!
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CODY: We give you plenty of life hacks and psychology tips, but today, we’re going to dig into the nitty-gritty with some help from a special guest. Stella Grizont is a happiness expert and executive coach, and today she’s back on our show to tell you: what are the specific words you should use to get what you want?
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CODY: If you want to find more great resources from Stella, then you should visit her website, work-happiness-method-dot-com. That’s where you can find a free tool called the Vision Generator, which she updated last year. You can use it to get help asking the right questions to figure out what kind of person you want to be, which has been a theme in our previous conversations. We’ll also put a link to Stella’s website and other resources in today’s show notes.
ASHLEY: Before we wrap up, we want to give a special shout-out to Dr. Mary Yancy, who gets an executive producer credit today for her generous support on Patreon. Thank you SO. MUCH.
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