The Upside of Feeling Bad (you can detect lies better)

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By Tim Herrera at the New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/05/smarter-living/the-upside-of-feeling-bad.html#click=https://t.co/WkYUQiBmfj

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We all know that age-old wisdom: Trust your gut. But what if your gut is too happy to be trusted?

Yes, it sounds silly. But there’s a surprisingly large body of research that extols the cognitive and social benefits of being in a bad mood.

A 2006 study in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology tested subjects on their ability to detect a lie. Subjects who were put in a negative mood by watching a short film about dying of cancer were far more likely to detect lies than subjects who were put in a good mood by watching a clip from a comedy show.

The conclusion? Being in a bad mood “increased judges’ skepticism toward the targets and improved their accuracy in detecting deceptive communications, while judges in a positive mood were more trusting and gullible.”

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Maybe it is the wisdom of human evolution that has us so upset and depressed about Trump right now?

[Mr. Quackers]

1. PTSD

I know that one of the beneficial side effects of my hypervigilance is being able to detect evil, liars, and no goodniks. However, the paranoia can cloud judgment to such an extent that it seems like almost anything can be a threat.

When I was in a barbiturate-induced coma last year, I still had a form of consciousness and a lot was revealed to me about the essential nature of evil and its innate powerlessness except when it manifests in human form. I've been on guard ever since the effects of ICU psychosis wore off.

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2. I tried to avoid evil when I was a young adult and mildly depressed.

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Evil came after me even though I identified it correctly after one evening. Not having a memory for faces i identifyed him as 'not right' again and again as he tried to get into my life and the lives of the affluent or leadership people around me which i did not know about for the first decade. I'm glad I have all the attributes I have. Would not want to be anyone else. Depression included. Of course I get treatment for it. But I like being big picture perceptive. I don't like ptsd but again I am treated for it.