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September 1, 2020 10:00 am

Complain Like the French To Boost Health Or Spiral Into the Negative?

"In France, a complaint is an appropriate and frequent conversation starter -- but the appropriateness of when, to whom and about what to complain is a delicate art," writes Emily Monaco via the BBC. Slashdot reader omfglearntoplay shares excerpts from the report: Many a conversation in France begins with a sigh and a lament. The French attitude towards complaining is uncomfortable for many Anglophones, many of whom argue that negativity breeds negativity. But according to some experts, the French attitude may in fact be better for your health. A 2013 study in Biological Psychiatry found that attempts to regulate negative emotions could be linked with increased risk of cardiovascular disease, while 2011 study from the University of Texas at Austin found that bottling up negative emotions can make people more aggressive. This isn't to say that complaining is always positive. Complaining too often can get you caught in a spiral, actually rewiring your brain to always focus on the negative. But French raleurs may well avoid this unfortunate side effect, in part because they rarely complain about their own lives but rather about external issues.

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