Some reasons why gossip isn't as toxic as you think

This is some of the best news you'll read today: a study has found that gossip is good for us.

From now on, maybe you shouldn't feel so bad about yourself when you comment on the lives of others during a conversation with your close friend.

According to Dutch researchers, both positive and negative gossip can help us reflect more on ourselves and make a better personal analysis. And as a result, they help us feel better about who we are, and even increase the desire to become a better version of ourselves, since let's say that so many hours we spend analyzing the lives of others can serve to learn some lessons.

However, perhaps the biggest surprise of the study was this: men gossip more than women! And, what's more, they don't know how to keep secrets, but maybe you knew that.

A study of 2,000 Britons found that women can keep a secret for about 3.5 hours before they are likely to share it with someone else. As for men? They find out in less than 3 hours, and 1 in 10 even find out in less than 10 minutes. A record!

Elena Martinescu, the lead author of the study, says that gossip cannot be avoided. Instead, she suggests:

"Let's accept gossip as a natural part of life and approach it with a critical idea of ​​the consequences that an action can have on ourselves and others."

In a nutshell:

Gossip is fun and makes you feel better about yourself.

But if you're not careful, they can cause drama and injury.

They don't cure diseases, they don't make you live longer, but if we discuss others with a critical eye, gossip can help us reflect and grow personally.

So, according to the study, we can laugh with others, we can share secrets with the people we love, but also learn lessons from the analysis we do. Gossip can be therapy, if you know how to use it.