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Sometimes, it feels like the internet is an endless source of gloom and doom. When you go online, you seem to find yourself in the midst of heated controversial debates, angry remarks, and onslaughts of alarming headlines that make it hard to find a ray of light. But we’re here to remind you that the digital world is also full of life, beauty, wonder, and positivity. So let’s balance out the scales by injecting some wholesomeness into your day, shall we?

Let us introduce you to one especially heartwarming corner of Reddit called 'Blessed Comments'. This online community is home to some of the sweetest comments people have shared on various platforms that offer a fountain of hope in our otherwise often bitter world. From genuine compliments to hilarious observations, it's dedicated to celebrating creativity, wit, and clever humor that's bound to leave you inspired.

Below, we've wrapped up a selection of some of the fuzziest and coziest comments from the group to share with you, so enjoy smiling as you scroll down through the list. Keep reading to also find our interview with psychologist Joshua Klapow, Ph.D. Be sure to upvote your favorite posts and share them with anyone who needs an uplifting boost!

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

yes, next time you have to get the same clothes if you want this prank working :-)

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That only proves that happiness has nothing to do with your body size.

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"The opposite of cursed comments; artistic masterpieces that fill you with joy and euphoria," the moderators of 'Blessed Comments' state in the community description, and we can’t help but wholeheartedly agree.

Ever since the forum was created in 2018, it has served as a refreshing outlet for people to share and find the sweetest, funniest, and purely optimistic comments online. With over 56k members witnessing and chronicling these wholesome encounters daily, the group spreads positivity by proving that even when the world feels full of adversity, it’s not as bad as it seems.

To learn more about our tendency to emphasize the negativity in life and the tools we can use to become a tad kinder, we reached out to Joshua Klapow, Ph.D. a psychologist and creator of Mental Drive. He started this well-being initiative to help people gain access to the best in-class psychological and performance tools to live healthier, more fulfilled, and successful lives.

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According to Klapow, we humans believe we’re constantly surrounded by negativity because we are trained to pay more attention to it — "bad often means danger." The psychologist told Bored Panda that from a survival perspective, it is important to be dialed into anything dangerous.

"As we have evolved, 'survival' becomes more complex. As a result, relationship breakups, lost fortunes, stealing, corruption, etc. all are associated with survival, and so we are drawn to it."

This explains why it’s so easy for us to focus just on the negatives. In fact, this instinctual drive to seek out the scary, the awful, and the alarming has a name. It’s called negativity bias and it means that we’re more likely to register and dwell on negative thoughts and experiences than positive or neutral ones. We are even inclined to focus on the pessimistic aspects when they are rather insignificant.

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Just three guys hanging out with their best friends ever.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I’d give each dog a baby-cut carrot. My dog won’t eat it but he likes to sit on them. My kids now call them “butt” carrots. 😁

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And it's no secret that online hostility can feel overwhelming. Just think about the news and comments about the political turmoil, the looming economic crisis, and the bottomless supply of information that only adds more fuel to our inner chaos — it's hard to stay resilient to negativity.

According to Verywell Mind, this bias leads to remembering traumatic experiences better than positive ones, recalling insults better than praise, reacting more strongly to negative stimuli, and responding more strongly to negative events than to equally positive ones. This tendency to pay more attention to bad things and overlook good things helped keep humans alive in the past, but we don’t really need to fear for our safety as much in the modern world.

So to lead a more fulfilling life, we must gain back control over how we perceive this tendency. We need to become aware of how our brains get so wary and try to put things in perspective to see that it’s usually not as tragic as we think.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Can confirm. Music is the only thing that got through to my grandma by the end. Dementia is horrific

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My Nan also. And a doll. It took her back to nurturing her babies and gave her a sense of being needed.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My mother had dementia. She was a huge fan of Johnny Cash. I can safely say my father was not a fan of Johnny Cash. My mother would sit at the kitchen table with my father. He realized she would respond to music so, he bought a bunch of VHS tapes of Johnny Cash and would play them all day long for her. She would brighten up and sing to most of them. He never complained about having to listen. He was just happy he found something that could make her smile.

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Samara Messer
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My Pop-Pop had dementia and was also a Johnny Cash fan. The nursing home staff played Johnny Cash for him non-stop in the last few days before he passed. I am so happy he he left this world listening to his all-time favorite.. 😊

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I was on the ferry, with my GF, having an .... animated..... discussion about arithmatic, (We got together through my trying to teach her "Maths.") I didn't notice the two tourists who came to look out of the window, as I said to my GF, "Division is just backwards Multiplication!" Later one of them came back and said that his father had demensia. He had been an accountant, and had heard me. He had said "He's right," and that that had triggered a "Good Day" and had brought him back to life, for a bit. The son was so gratefull for my stupid, casual remark, so I am glad that I said it.

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Rosy Maple Moth
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That‘s beautiful. All elderly homes should make it a rule to play music to their patients.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think music is wired differently in humans brains to be way more influential then we think it is. It can get through when nothing else can, we can identify a song from just a few notes, and some fan even predict where a tune is going without having heard it before. Its really impressive how much effect music has on humans

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Can confirm as well. My dad sometimes forgets how to use a fork at dinner but he loves recognizing songs all the way from the 50s up to the 90s. Not everything, just the ones he really likes or has an emotional connection with. He’ll sing along and invite you to dance too

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Music does the same for me. I don't have concrete memories but I do get a strong deja vu-like sense of memory. I also get the same sense when the light outside is a certain way. It's hard to explain but it happens quite often.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If you have never seen the video of the former ballerina who now suffers from dementia, please watch. It is proof positive that this is true. Once she heard the music for Swan Lake, she began going through the motions again. Beautiful.

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Cassi Lyris
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The brain is so incredible, and it's so awful when it goes haywire. 🥺

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We have patients with braintrauma who can't speak anymore, but when we sing a childrens song they can sing along...

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I saw a video of a very old lady, who had been a professional dancer, start to "dance" when she heard "Swan Lake". She was in a wheel chair, didn't speak or communicate, and had dementia, but somehow the music awoke something in her.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Damn, this is both sad and encouraging. Encouraging, because you can make them feel better with music. Sad because you may not have any way to find what is the right music.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Actually, it doesn’t have to be the “right music”. People with dementia love & respond to almost all music. The favorites are always ones from their youth. Play some Big Band, DooWop, show tunes, etc. it’s absolute magic. We would play a special song at the end of each meal- “God Bless America” Every single person would stop, sit up straight & single along. The Veterans would stand or salute! I’ve urged all nursing homes, assisted living, hospice, and rehabs. to play(quietly!) music 24/7. It soothes the soul.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Same with my grandpa, he was singing "Danny Boy" at the end and putting some Alice Cooper records put him in a good mood. Music stays with you until the end.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Music and our sense of smell really triggers memory, and situation recall. You can be transported to a relative's presence instantly by the smell of something they used to cook.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh wow. Need to tell my husband what songs to play to me if I ever get Dementia (probable). I have one song witch is SO extremely bound with both sad and happy memories....

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As a speech-language pathologist, I can tell you that people who lose language through stoke, traumatic brain injury or senile dementia (they may call this something else now - I'm old) so often can still sing a favorite song. It seems to be very deeply embedded in our brains. At 70, I sometimes lose the word I want, but I can sing many verses of songs from my younger days. Music is powerful stuff.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Visited an elderly facility in Newport. there was a woman there playing a grand piano. Song after song with her aide in attendance. Turns out she had dementia and didn't remember much but she was happy in her memories of those tunes she never forgot.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

because that was the saddest day of his life. No more freedom

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Should say psychologist and not therapist. Then you have a larger group.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If a song plays from a particularly memorable place in the past you are instantly transported back to that place and time in your mind. I love that music can do this. That's why it's so effective for dementia patients or it you just need a great pick me up on a bad day.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I literally squeaked at the end, my dog is looking at me like I'm loopy

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yep, music is amazing. I'd also recommend giving sufferers dolls, particularly if they ever had children. My great grandmothers both had dementia and my family saw huge improvements to their overall moods when they were around babies or young kids and decided to give them dolls. They loved the dolls so much that they treated them like real babies and spent hours just hugging them or singing to them. We could often gauge their moods by how they interacted with them. (One would sing happy or sad songs all the time, the other talked to her baby constantly basically giving it a running commentary of what she was thinking.)

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I hope they play some music for my grandma at her caring home she was a musician and had her own chorus. Now she has Alzheimer’s and she’s completely lost inside her head. I don’t like my grandma at all she was awful to my mom, but I do wish she’s having a peaceful life.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I hate to say this, but as a dementia expert, we don't say 'someone suffering with dementia' but rather 'someone with dementia'.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I had a friend who was unresponsive as she drew nearer to death. We sang some hymns and her lips moved, she was trying to sing along.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My Aunt, Joan Shaw, was a music therapist and wrote a book called The Joy of Music in Maturity, about using music with the elderly to get them involved, engaged, and bring back memories. In it are songs my grandma used to sing to me. It is used as a text book for music therapists. Loved her so much

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is so true. I had a 94 year old dementia Japanese client that came to America for college. I found a station on Radio Garden that played music she remembered from 85 years ago.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Also songs from one's youth are deeply ingrained and take a long time to fade. Several dementia sufferers' relatives I know have been able to sing songs with their loved ones after conversation has become impossible.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My mum has Alzheimer's and my dad plays music they loved to dance to back in the day 😍 She comes alive when her tunes are on!

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Now I'm curious if the sense of smell does the same, since I read somewhere that the sense of smell above all senses brings back vivid memories

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I smelled a smell that smelled like my kindergarten a week ago. I'd forgotten what it smelled like but man...

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Music is such a huge leap through to our most base instincts...and yet, they never have any music playing in old folks' homes. Dudes.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

These are the tiny, inexpensive things that could improve people's lives enormously, buy nobody seems to pay attention. Colours, smells, music... No big investment is necessary to create a better environment for the elderly and/or the sick

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I found a fox cub one evening. He was out having a cub adventure. I gave him a whole steak. He snapped at it and then dragged it half under a bush and scoffed it all. His belly was dragging on the ground

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Outlets such as 'Blessed Comments' are a breath of fresh air that reminds us of the wonderful encounters happening online. However, we can also take a step further and add a dash of joy by shifting our mindset.

When asked how to maintain a bright outlook in real life, the psychologist explained that the research is very clear. "We must train our brains to look for optimistic and positive events because the default for so many of us is to look for negative ones." The creator of Mental Drive added that things like gratitude journals and appreciation lists help balance the negative information saturation we live with.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I hope she reminded them not to swim for at least half an hour after eating

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Speaking of the challenge of keeping ourselves positive online, Klapow noted that following uplifting and upbeat sources is like having a balanced meal. "It’s critical for our mental health. Make sure you have at least some information streams that are automatic and positive coming at you." After all, optimism and happiness are contagious. It’s important to surround yourself with cheerful people, both in the real and the digital world, who can help you unwind from unfortunate events happening today.

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However, we all need to strive to stay rounded and well-informed citizens, and turning a blind eye to the negativities in the world won’t make them any brighter. In a bid to broaden our horizons while keeping sanity intact, one thing is crucial — balancing out the content we consume.

"Social media is a 'filterless' landing place," Klapow said. "We are free to express as much pent-up anger, frustration, vitriol, sadness, stress, etc., that we have in our lives." You can essentially say whatever you want online — whether it’s objectively true or not, kind or cruel — and not really have a price to pay for doing so.

However, Klapow said this approach fuels a toxic, negative sea of information and perspectives. "Keeping ourselves more positive is a matter of training ourselves to do so."

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

“FOR CREAMY!” they all scream as they rush into battle. Facing mental illnesses and adversities head on. All for one little cat.

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"A simple strategy is to take any comment you place online and before you post it read it aloud (not in your head, aloud)," Klapow advised. "When you hear yourself saying the words, very often you will at the very least tone them down. When we are forced to hear our own thoughts, we often realize just how toxic they can be."

If you strive to be more optimistic in general, the psychologist suggested trying this exercise. "For one week at the end of the day, write down 5 things that went well that day. Force yourself to get 5. They can be small (i.e. it was nice weather), or big (I got a promotion). But do 5."

"Doing this at the end of the day helps you go to bed on an optimistic note, and it begins to train your brain to concentrate more on the positive aspects of your life," Klapow concluded.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm really hoping this guy has survived because that cancer sounds terrible, viz Leiomyosarcoma, or LMS, is a type of rare cancer that grows in the smooth muscles. The smooth muscles are in the hollow organs of the body, including the intestines, stomach, bladder, and blood vessels. In females, there is also smooth muscle in the uterus. These smooth muscle tissues help move blood, food, and other material through the body and work without you being aware. LMS is an aggressive cancer, which means it can grow quickly. LMS is found most often in the abdomen or in the uterus

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If I could attach a smal generator to my dog's tail I can power my whole house.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A genuine tough guy doesn't need a pit bull - a genuine tough guy is secure enough in himself to have a little white fluffy dog, or a kitty, or a 3" bird . . .

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Next time you take a selfie in the mirror, take a moment to look at the difference between how you look in the mirror vs how you look on your phone. I can almost promise you'll see a difference!

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's why I love dogs. They're just hecking brilliant. I wasn't going to but... PAWsome! Sorry.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Poor person didn't feel loved, but they are/were. Even if they couldn't feel it

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

He's much brighter than Elon Musk! Gates doesn't want to own the world or he would have let Paul Allen do the negotiating and had Steve Jobs purchase it. (Wish Musk would shoot himself to the moon and stay there!)

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well goooood for you! Meanwhile I’m still trying to lose that quarantine 10lbs I gained.

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