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Write down your thoughts and shred them to relieve anger, researchers say

• anarbadalov 3y ago
  "Researchers believe the shredder results may be related to the phenomenon of 'backward magical contagion,' which is the belief that actions taken on an object associated with a person can affect the individuals themselves. In this case, getting rid of the negative physical entity, the piece of paper, causes the original emotion to also disappear."
• gnabgib 3y ago
  Previously: [0](167 points, 1 day ago, 169 comments) [0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39978653 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39978653
  • anarbadalov 3y ago
    I missed this! Sorry for crowding the feed with the offshoot.