1. It makes you feel less pain
Have you ever heard of the hypoalgesic effect of swearing? I’m going to go with a hard no because who the f*ck studies psychology after they make it out of college…
But Richard Stephens of Keele University in England led a study that measured how long 67 college students could keep their hands submerged in ice water.
The group of students was encouraged to yell profanities for one controlled testing, and then to use non-swear words while completing the same test.
The 67 volunteers endured the cold temperatures for 40 seconds longer while screaming obscenities. This group also stated that it felt less pain overall. Stephens even went so far as to say, “I would advise people, if they hurt themselves, to swear.”