How to let go of a grudge
Katy Perry has recently been making an effort to end her years-long feud with rival Taylor Swift, publicly stating that she's "ready to let it go". We'd advise Taylor to grab onto the olive branch Katy is extending and make it soon, because holding a grudge is terrible for your mental health. "A grudge is a negative thought or feeling of judgment about something from the past where a person does not feel they got closure," says psychologist Marny Lishman. "Usually a person feels that they have been treated badly and it becomes a sticking point for them, and it affects how they think, feel and behave." Why holding a grudge is bad for you While Taylor Swift — or anyone holding a grudge — might think they're punishing the other person, in reality they're likely doing themselves the most damage. "The primal part of the brain doesn't know the difference between a thought and reality, so if you are thinking about things fr...