![]() As Shine has explored, a University of California study found that those who were critical of their bad moods took on additional stress, while those who accepted their negative emotions went on to experience fewer emotional dives in the future, which lead to a stronger emotional resilience.Įmbracing a bad mood can make it easier to handle. The good, yet surprising, news: Embracing a bad mood can make it easier to handle. Embrace Your Poop Emoji-Worthy Moments □ After a while, that kind of output can take a serious toll. If you find yourself fake posi-texting when talking with friends or family, you may be engaging in what Adam Grant calls “surface acting”-joking and smiling when you’re feeling anything but happy. ![]() Performing joy or excitement when you feel the opposite can be seriously exhausting. Like suppressing negative emotions in a workplace, sending a positive text when you’re feeling down can be draining and even trigger a sense of anxiety. Some experts even consider it a form of emotional labor. ![]() There are major benefits that come from owning up to our real feels-and not “pretending” to feel all heart-eyed emoji when we’re more in the poop emoji realm of things. And while a whopping 31 percent of all emoji sent are expressions of joy, the use of negative emoji has risen slightly in the past two years, reflecting a community that’s getting a little more comfortable with expressing negative emotions.Įmojis can help the recipient of your text or comment get a better feel for your mental state. Research shows that emoji use is steadily rising, with over 92 perecent of the world’s internet users using emoji regularly. “(Emojis) provide the nonverbal cues … that help us nuance and complement what we mean by our words,” writes language expert Vyv Evans, Ph.D. Using emojis-like a face-palm emoji next to that “I’m doing OK” or a tiny image of an explosion after saying “I just nailed the presentation”-can help you add an emotional layer to your message, and it can help the person on the other side of that text get a better feel for your mental state without even having to ask. Like an IRL shrug, smile or frown, they reveal how we feel to others, which helps improve communication and ease our emotional burdens. ![]() Those smiling faces □, fire symbols □, and piles of poo □ may seem pretty innocent, but they also pack some mood-boosting power. Which is why on #WorldEmojiDay, we're giving props to the humble emoticon. It's hard enough to always know exactly how we're feeling and why (especially, say, after an episode of The Handmaid's Tale)-let alone explain it to a friend. Sometimes, putting our feelings into words can be difficult. If you, or someone you know, need some support you can find a list of suggested organisations and services that might be able to help at /support. So this Red Nose Day let’s all stop saying F*** and start talking. Which isn’t good for our mental wellbeing. “I’m fine” is an autopilot response that stops us from opening up about how we really feel. Yet according to new research, most of the time (77%) we don’t even mean it. As a nation we collectively proclaim that we’re 'Fine’ 215 million times every day, that is 28 times over the course of the week on average for each individual. It really can be the worst F-word when we don’t mean it. Walkers have committed to raising £2 million for Comic Relief by the end of 2022, and this Red Nose Day, you can help them raise even more. This is why we partnered with Walkers to support mental wellbeing through The Smiles Fund, a joint Walkers and Comic Relief fund focused on early intervention through comedy and arts as well as awareness campaigns that promote talking and positive connections. We couldn’t think of a more perfect partner than a brand that is on a mission to bring a bite of humour and positivity to the nation, for a better every day.
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