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Practising gratitude can improve mental health – but sometimes we have to acknowledge our problems too, says Natasha DevonThe internet is an incredible resource, obviously. When it comes to health advice, however, the misinformation it contains probably outweighs the genuinely helpful. If it isn’t Gwyneth advising us toWhen deciphering mental health information , the snake oil is harder to spot.

And so, I found myself thinking about ‘gratitude’. I was recently sent an Instagram post in which it was claimed ‘experiencing gratitude’ causes our bodies to ‘naturally produce DHEA’, a hormone that counteracts the stress chemical cortisol. Therefore, it claimed in an enormous leap, ‘GRATITUDE IS THE CURE FOR STRESS’.often recommend keeping a ‘blessings diary’, which you are then encouraged to refer back to whenever you need to be reminded of how objectively brilliant your life is.

Furthermore, the notion that we aren’t entitled to feel however we do because we’re so incredibly #blessed is stigma encapsulated. It’s just another way of saying ‘what do you have to feel sad or stressed about?’. That isn’t just what a person experiencing mental illness is likely to hear from their family, friends and co-workers; there will also probably be a voice inside them saying that, too.

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