Jul 6, 2009
Self-help ‘makes you feel worse’ says study
Canadian researchers found those with low self-esteem actually felt worse after repeating positive statements about themselves.
They said phrases such as “I am a lovable person” only helped people with high self-esteem.
BBC: Self-help ‘makes you feel worse’
(via Appropedia)
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Well, actually, the story is about how affirmation / positive thinking made people feel worse.
Sort of not the same thing.
Isn’t that a given? Only pathetic miserable losers actually need to repeat trite phrases to themselves. The rest of us are skin to marrow certain of our awesomeness.
Amiright?
[...] Readers of this site know I have no love for the self-help industry, but I find it fairly difficult to believe that they were somehow responsible for this woman’s actions or that regulation of the industry would have helped this poor woman. That said, remember this study that found that self-help makes you feel worse? [...]