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What a world: complain – and be healthy

Columnists | Thu, 06/04/2009 - 3:13 pm | Updated 2 years 35 weeks ago | Read 2782 | Commented 0 | Emailed 2
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Psychologists now admit what we curmudgeons have known for a long time: complaining is good for you.

Complaining makes you feel better or, as the shrinks say, kvetching is “beneficial for your emotional state.”

I didn’t know I had an emotional state, but I’m glad to know that every time I moan and groan about something, I’m getting healthier. Picture me, the Wonder Woman of emotional health, every complaint a crack of my magic whip.

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