Don’t be too nice if you want to live long
Scott Rippee @ 7:58 pm March 21st, 2006
“Psychologists at Frankfurt University said the fake friendliness led to depression, stress and a lowering of the immune system itself, which in turn can trigger more serious ailments.
Every time a person is forced to repress his true feelings there are negative consequences for his health, said Professor Dieter Zapf, a researcher into human emotions.”
A study was done that involved a fake call center. The participants were subject to abuse and some were allowed to answer back while others were not. “Those who stood up to clients had a rapid heartbeat for a brief period, but for those who had to remain friendly their heart was still racing long after the client had hung up.”
Fairly interesting and now we all have an excuse to express our true feelings, but count to ten before you pull out the gun…. Just to be sure. :)
March 22nd, 2006 at 7:32 pm
I wonder though, is this true accross the board. Would one counter the side effects if they express their true feelings to themselves?
I think this is more of a psycological thing that happens when one loses the sense of their true feelings by hinding it not just from others, but also by not working it out with themselves.
March 23rd, 2006 at 6:14 pm
I hear what your saying. Its probably a combination. It probalby also depends on the persons mood. Sometimes stuff would bother a person more than other times.
These things will most likely even out with a large sample size, however, and leave us with the results that were found in the study.