Personality and mood researchers give their best advice
Photo: Lambert/Getty Images Recently it occurred to me that I should maybe look into short-term mood boosting practices. I was preparing to go out for the night, which I did not want to do. My girlfriend was trying to cheer me up, but I did not want to be cheered up. This is how I often am when bad moods strike: determined to make them last as long as possible.
Listen to music. According to Yuna Ferguson, an assistant professor of psychology at Truman University, changing one’s mood is — in some cases — a matter of choice. In one study, she found that subjects who were instructed to try to improve their moods by listening to music were able to do so, as long as the music was happy: i.e. Aaron Copland’s “Appalachian Spring” worked, but Stravinsky’s “Rite of Spring” didn’t.
This, I agree with. I love to buy crap for other people . But Dunn admits this isn’t so much a viable short-term solution for everyday bad moods as it is a beneficial long-term practice. After all, if you are in a bad mood at a party, what are you going to do, Venmo someone $5? Donate $25 to Beto O’Rourke? Hm. Both great ideas, though I’m not sure either would help in the moment. I’ll consider this a “maybe” as well.
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