Society
Why We Remember Criticism More Than Praise: The Psychology Behind Negative Feedback
Have you ever received ten compliments in a single day, only to spend the entire evening thinking about one critical comment? It’s surprisingly common. Perhaps your manager praised your work throughout the week, but one small suggestion for improvement kept replaying in your mind long after you left the office. Maybe you posted something on social media and received dozens of encouraging comments, yet the only one you remembered was the negative one. Or perhaps you spent a wonderful afternoon with friends, only to find yourself lying awake at night because of one careless remark someone made in passing. Experiences like these happen to almost everyone. Most of us remember criticism much longer than we remember praise. For a long
