{"id":1802877,"date":"2023-01-11T18:03:44","date_gmt":"2023-01-11T23:03:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1802877"},"modified":"2023-01-11T18:06:07","modified_gmt":"2023-01-11T23:06:07","slug":"new-study-says-maybe-youre-not-depressed-youre-just-narcissistic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-study-says-maybe-youre-not-depressed-youre-just-narcissistic\/","title":{"rendered":"New Study Says Maybe You\u2019re Not Depressed, You\u2019re Just Narcissistic"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnew-study-says-maybe-youre-not-depressed-youre-just-narcissistic%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1802877&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>You can be happy by being kind. Who would\u2019ve thought?<\/p>\n<p>A new study from The Ohio State University <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/17439760.2022.2154695?journalCode=rpos20&#038;cookieSet=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Publiziert<\/a> The Journal of Positive Psychology Tuesday discovered that small acts of kindness, even simple ones, were the best way to relieve depression symptoms. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cSocial connection is one of the ingredients of life most strongly associated with well-being. Performing acts of kindness seems to be one of the best ways to promote those connections,\u201d David Cregg, co-author of this study, <a href=\"https:\/\/news.osu.edu\/feeling-depressed-performing-acts-of-kindness-may-help\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a> Make a statement. <\/p>\n<p>Cregg collaborated with Jennifer Cheavens, Ohio State Psychology Professor, on the study. The pair examined central Ohio&#8217;s 122 reported victims. \u201cmoderate to severe symptoms of depression, anxiety, and stress.\u201d Participants were divided into three groups and each was given different techniques to calm their symptoms. This is what it looked like \u201cacts of kindness\u201d were <a href=\"https:\/\/news.osu.edu\/feeling-depressed-performing-acts-of-kindness-may-help\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Defined<\/a> As \u201cbig or small acts that benefit others or make others happy, typically at some cost to you in terms of time or resources.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Researchers found that acts of kindness were the most effective.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe often think that people with depression have enough to deal with, so we don\u2019t want to burden them by asking them to help others. But these results run counter to that,\u201d Cheavens said. \u201cDoing nice things for people and focusing on the needs of others may actually help people with depression and anxiety feel better about themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Community connections created by sacrificial acts of kindness were at the heart of the participants\u2019 improvement, Cheavens said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s something specific about performing acts of kindness that makes people feel connected to others. It\u2019s not enough to just be around other people, participating in social activities,\u201d She elaborated.<\/p>\n<p>The research underscores the role of social isolation in the nation\u2019s omnipresent mental health crisis. <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/10\/10\/the-biggest-lie-of-a-generation-a-life-online-is-a-life-well-lived\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Addiction<\/a> to screens that offer cheap dopamine hits from the comfort of one\u2019s home has cheapened social interaction, all while polarization divides our neighbors.<\/p>\n<p>The study\u2019s findings, that acts of kindness make for happier people, should not at all be surprising. Since the inception of humanity, we have known that kindness is a fundamental part of living a happy and fulfilled life. Siddhartha Gautama, a moral philosopher, is often referred to as \u201cBuddha\u201d He founded a religion that preached a similar belief system. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/buddhistsociety\/status\/1270045509969948672?s=20&#038;t=gcGejRzcRmJ5Nb_E2qemRg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Message<\/a> For centuries. <\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/buddhistsociety\/status\/1270045509969948672?s=20&#038;t=gcGejRzcRmJ5Nb_E2qemRg\"><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a revolutionary idea <a href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/us\/blog\/insight-therapy\/202207\/depression-is-not-caused-chemical-imbalance-in-the-brain\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Study<\/a> Last summer&#8217;s publication refuted the idea that depression can be caused by chemical imbalances. This means that depression could be completely circumstantial. A rising number of Americans were reporting signs and symptoms of depression and anxiety. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/health\/health-news\/major-depression-rise-among-everyone-new-data-shows-n873146\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Before<\/a> Pandemic lockdowns <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/articles\/2021\/depression-rates-tripled-when-pandemic-first-hit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Exacerbation<\/a> They are a sign that something is profoundly happening in the culture.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s telling that we even had to study the effects of kindness and depression. Americans must be more open to kindness, motivated by the desire to grow roots and live in harmony within our communities. Instead, too many Americans have given in to technology&#8217;s traps, and are now struggling to be kind. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newportinstitute.com\/resources\/mental-health\/social-media-narcissism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Narcissism is a growing trend<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The fact that the effects of kindness on depression even needed to be studied is telling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":494,"featured_media":1802880,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[14489,6919,14488,4866,6778],"class_list":["post-1802877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-depressed","tag-federalist","tag-narcissistic","tag-study","tag-youre"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1802877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/494"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1802877"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1802877\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1802880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1802877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1802877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1802877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}