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Why negative feedback overwhelms positive

My work was featured online and got three mean comments that I remember better than the hundred kind ones

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The mind's protective bias toward threat detection has made criticism more memorable and meaningful than praise, distorting the actual reception of the work.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with The inner critic?”

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