Benefits of negative mood

A recent Australian scientist said that emotions that appear when people have a bad mood also have certain benefits.

According to Joe Forgas, a professor of psychology at the University of New South Wales, some of the feelings of boredom or anger that occur erratically in humans also have certain benefits for health and spirit like emotions. Other positive.

Unlike the previous thinking of most people about the negative effects of these moods, the researcher has demonstrated that the period when people feel frustrated, bored or upset, can increase focus attention, enhance short-term memory recovery and develop communication skills.

Negligence also has certain benefits for people.(Photo: hippshelp.com)

In this way, negative moods that occur erratically and moderately will be useful when people face different problems. The health benefits obtained by the impact of bad mood can also help people adapt to more difficult situations, Huffington Post said.

In 2009, Joe Forgas conducted a study of 120 men and women divided into two groups to see two different genres, a film that brings joyful, happy emotions, and the film only makes an appearance. mood sad, depressed.

After that, participants were asked to make comments and evaluations on certain subject-matter debates. At this time, the people who seemed to be in a bad mood after watching the movie had a better performance while debating and finding problems compared to the rest.

Emotional state has an important signal transmission function for humans, a stepping stone before the body responds to different environmental conditions. Emotional moods will bring a sense of security, familiarity, and signaling of existing or human reactions already known. In contrast, emotions when people are in a bad mood will give a signal about a completely new environmental condition, thus requiring people to focus so that they can respond appropriately and effectively. fruit.

However, these benefits only appear when people's unhappy emotions and moods occur temporarily and do not last long. When it comes to depression or stress, not only does it have a positive impact, but people will face more serious problems.