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"When you&amp;#x27;re having one of those black-raincloud-over-the-head bad days, there&amp;#x27;s one thing that you should absolutely not do, according to new research--and, for a lot of us, it might be kind of difficult to avoid...Do not log onto Facebook. Why? A series of experiments at Stanford University has discovered that, if we&amp;#x27;re feeling miserable, reading our friends&amp;#x27; cheerful status updates will probably only make us even more miserable. The experiments had some key revelations in their findings, including: 1) we hide our negative emotions and promote our positive ones (which explains why there are so many happy or self-promoting status updates out there); and 2) we usually assume everyone else is happier than they actually are. &amp;quot;Taken together,&amp;quot; say the researchers, &amp;quot;these studies suggest that people may think they are more alone in their emotional difficulties than they really are.&amp;quot; In other words: misery would really love some company. (But maybe not too much--is over-sharing on Facebook ever a good thing?) Do super-cheery status updates ever make you feel anything but? What kinds of updates do you post--happy? Sad? Honest? More on Facebook: * Weird News: Facebook Is Bad For Your Health? * Is Facebook Calling You Fat? * 5 Reasons Why Facebook Is Good For Your Health More Ways to Get Glamour Visit Shopglamour.com for cute stuff starting at just $10! Enter the latest Glamour sweepstakes! Follow us on Twitter Add us to your iGoogle homepage Photo: Thinkstock"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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