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"  Maybe I&amp;#039;m just a nosy person who likes to be all up in people&amp;#039;s business, but I majorly get the sads when I feel left out of a conversation, an inside joke, a secret, a piece of gossip\u2014you name it. I just like being in the loop, okay? It turns out that those jerks who leave us out feel pretty crappy about it themselves. Literally\u2014in their brains. According to a study published in Psychological Science, leaving people out\u2014whether it&amp;#039;s making someone feel ignored or being full-on Mean Girls-style exclusive\u2014just isn&amp;#039;t worth the toll it takes on the psyche. Using a computer-simulated game in which participants had to throw a ball to who they thought were real people, researchers were able to compare people&amp;#039;s mood changes when they were ignored by other players verses when they were the ones being ignored by the other players.  In both cases, participants&amp;#039; moods shifted for the worse both when they were left out and when they left other people out. Though, their emotions were slightly different: Ostracized participants said they felt anger, those who did the ostracizing felt shame, guilt, and distress.  Bottom line: If you&amp;#039;re the clique-y type, just know that excluding or ignoring others hurts you just as much as it hurts them. So, maybe snap out of it, &amp;#039;mkay? Want more from Natasha? Follow her on Twitter or find her on Facebook. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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