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The ability to express and let go emotions is a key skill as one journeys through life. As we have seen on previous entries, dwelling or stewing on negative emotions depletes the immune sysyem making it more likely that you will get ill.
For younger men who may have the mantra "Boys dont cry" engrained in their psyche, expressing their emotions can be challenge - however it is one they have to meet. More and more of their role models are showing it's ok to cry, and they should follow suit.
Recent research from USA shows the extent of this emotional challenge.
Although eighty per cent of interviewees agreed it's right and good to express, only fifteen per cent did so. However interviewees agreed that this was an improvement compared to twenty years ago. Three quarters of those surveyed agree that people are more likely to let it out now than they were 20 years ago.
Relief was the major emotion experienced by interviewees after expression (57%) following by a feeling of being at peace (32%). Increased confidence and happiness were the other positive side effects cited.
Without doubt, it pays to express!
(The study of 1,003 Americans 18 and older, was conducted on behalf of Kimberly-Clark Corporation's by a division of Yankelovich.)
Posted by Kevin Kelly at
March 26, 2007 08:57 AM