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Seven Ways to Cope with Uncertainty
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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 2404" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/seven_ways_to_cope_with_uncertainty" target="_blank"><strong>Seven Ways to Cope with Uncertainty - Greater Good</strong></a></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>What should we do when everything feels so out of control?</strong></p><p></p><p>Living with so much uncertainty is hard. Human beings crave information about the future in the same way we crave food, sex, and other primary rewards. Our brains perceive ambiguity as a threat, and they try to protect us by diminishing our ability to focus on anything other than creating certainty. </p><p></p><p>Research shows that job uncertainty, for example, tends to take a more significant toll on our health than actually losing our job. Similarly, research participants who were told that they had a 50% chance of receiving a painful electric shock felt far more anxious and agitated than participants who believed they were definitely going to receive the shock. </p><p></p><p>It is no surprise, then, that there are entire industries devoted to filling in the blanks of our futures. See, for example, the popularity of astrology apps, or the prestige of management consultancies dedicated to strategic planning. Fundamentalist <a href="https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/how_does_religion_affect_happiness_around_the_world" target="_blank">religions</a> counter anxiety by providing us with unambiguous rules and absolute truths. Conspiracy theories provide us with simple explanations for complex phenomena.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 2404, member: 1"] [URL='https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/seven_ways_to_cope_with_uncertainty'][B]Seven Ways to Cope with Uncertainty - Greater Good[/B][/URL] [B] What should we do when everything feels so out of control?[/B] Living with so much uncertainty is hard. Human beings crave information about the future in the same way we crave food, sex, and other primary rewards. Our brains perceive ambiguity as a threat, and they try to protect us by diminishing our ability to focus on anything other than creating certainty. Research shows that job uncertainty, for example, tends to take a more significant toll on our health than actually losing our job. Similarly, research participants who were told that they had a 50% chance of receiving a painful electric shock felt far more anxious and agitated than participants who believed they were definitely going to receive the shock. It is no surprise, then, that there are entire industries devoted to filling in the blanks of our futures. See, for example, the popularity of astrology apps, or the prestige of management consultancies dedicated to strategic planning. Fundamentalist [URL='https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/how_does_religion_affect_happiness_around_the_world']religions[/URL] counter anxiety by providing us with unambiguous rules and absolute truths. Conspiracy theories provide us with simple explanations for complex phenomena. [/QUOTE]
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