Good news! Say "shit!" and say it like you mean it. I love to curse, and I do it all the time. It gives me satisfaction like nothing else can. A well-placed profanity provides the release I need to get over it and move on.
A recent study by British psychologist Dr. Richard Stephens links the use of four-letter words, profanities and vulgarities with pain management. Dr. Stephens decided to investigate this connection after becoming intrigued by his wife’s use of expletives during labor, and the midwife’s confirmation that strong language is a frequent occurrence in the birthing rooms of Britain. While student volunteers immersed their hands in frigid ice water, he monitored the endurance variances between two groups—those encouraged to swear or curse, and those reduced to chanting a simple chorus without profanities. In a nutshell, the rude team won.
It still cracks me up when I think of the time our four-year-old's teacher told Matt that Sasha said "shit" on the playground. To the teacher's masked amusement, Matt only replied, "Did he use it appropriately?" We teach our kids the power of words, and how words can hurt others. But really, is there any harm in the occasional "adult" language we use to express ourselves? After all, they are just words.
"Under certain circumstances, urgent circumstances, desperate circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer." ~ Mark Twain
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