Why being offended is harmful and useless: 5 reasons named by experts

19.11.2024 17:58

Not only world religions and spiritual practices teach us to forgive and forget offenses. Psychologists also insist on this.

After all, it's not even about someone not receiving the benefits promised in the unearthly life. Everything is much simpler - our own negative emotions take away a lot from the real life.

Here are some tips for those who remember the names of all their offenders.

Reason one

Resentment forces a person to focus on a negative feeling, which also requires energy.

But it could be used to achieve more important goals. But instead, a person stays in one place for a long time.

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Reason two

Resentment prevents people from building and maintaining happy relationships with loved ones, friends, or just casual acquaintances.

Reason three

Offended people often confuse their emotions and cannot distinguish between anger and irritation, and this interferes with communication.

Reason four

Whatever the reason, the person becomes aggressive and susceptible to stress.

Stress is harmful to health simply because it affects your mood, quality of sleep, and causes anxiety.

Reason five

But the most important thing is that by harboring a grudge, a person is left alone with his unresolved problem.

For reference

Resentment is a person’s emotional reaction to inconvenience, grief, insult and the negative emotions caused by this.

Author: Igor Zur Internet resource editor

Content
  1. Reason one
  2. Reason two
  3. Reason three
  4. Reason four
  5. Reason five