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What is Lucky Girl Syndrome, this new method that is all the rage on TikTok?
Thanks for asking. You might be familiar with the expression, you make your own luck, or with the idea of thinking positively to create a positive outcome.
Some people refer to it as manifesting, but now a new trend on the social media platform, TikTok, has taken it one step further with what has been dubbed lucky girl syndrome.
How does it work? Essentially, you tell yourself that everything just works out for you and that you are the luckiest person with phrases like everything just always works out for me or I always get what I want, and just like that you have lucky girl syndrome.
It first started on TikTok in December, 2022 when creator, Laura Gallab, posted a video explaining how she believes she gets the most insane opportunities simply by expecting great things to happen.
Then a few weeks later, a video of two girls eating noodles in their car and explaining how they passed their exams by just saying, I'm so lucky everything just works out for me.
Since then the hashtag lucky girl syndrome has exploded with more than a hundred million views.
Is there any evidence that it works?
There is some evidence that positive thinking and having clear goals can have a positive effect and help you achieve them.
This is particularly used in cognitive behavioural therapy.
But while CBT encourages people to re -frame their thinking, it does not imply that by simply thinking positively, you'll get what you want.
What are the problems with Lucky Girl Syndrome?
Getting what you deserve simply by asking for it implies that if you don't, then it's somehow your own fault.
It's worth noting that most people you see purporting the benefits of Lucky Girl Syndrome are young, white, traditionally attractive, able -bodied women.
A group who already has a lot of privilege.
There's no skirting around the fact that things will come easier for you if you're not from a marginalised group, writes dazed Emma Kershaw.
And when it comes to problems that the universe is solving it's usually first world problems anyway, like wanting a promotion at work or aspiring to travel more.
Psychologist Dr. Caroline Keenan told the BBC that lucky girl syndrome is prone to confirmation bias, which is the tendency to find things that tally with your existing beliefs.
Basically, you take note of the times things did work out for you and forget the times they did not.
So maybe those lucky girls were already pretty lucky to start with.
There you have it. Now you know what lucky girl syndrome is.
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