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Why negative feedback overwhelms praise

My writing group loved my story but I can only focus on the one person who said it felt unfinished and now I want to scrap the whole thing

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The mind assigns disproportionate weight to criticism, allowing single dissenting voices to eclipse multiple affirmations.

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