How Complaining Makes Us More Miserable, Ineffectual, and Insecure

Often, we complain because we fail to realize our own responsibility or we take things too personally

Complaining can sometimes be a way to criticize someone else so that we feel superior. PR Image Factory/Shutterstock

The Harvard Business Review reports, “A majority of employees spend 10 or more hours per month complaining—or listening to others complain—about their bosses or upper management. Even more amazing, almost a third spend 20 hours or more per month doing so.”

Only voiced complaints were measured and reported in the study. Add unspoken complaints and it is easy to see there is a lot of mental churning and self-inflicted emotional disruption in our lives.