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Stop complaining; it's hurting your health
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Stop complaining; it's hurting your health

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Ted Bauer
Jan 12, 2015
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Complaining -- which we all do from time-to-time, if not daily -- can apparently physically hurt your brain if you're doing it too much. Beyond that depressing research, there's this notion: when you complain, your bloodstream is flooded with cortisol (the stress hormone); on average, people take a story they complain about and tell it to 8-16 other peo…

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