In America, we tend to laud the optimist and shun the pessimist.
Not surprisingly, we are inundated with bromides about positive thinking and self-affirmation. But, turns out, all that stuff might not work.
A new study published in Psychological Science argues that forcing positive thoughts can have negative consequences.
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