THE EXPERT
DR JOHN LAMBIE is a reader in psychology at Anglia Ruskin University in the areas of social and health psychology. His research focuses on how being more reflectively aware helps us to cope
with emotions for greater wellbeing
We’re a nation more divided than ever. Whether it’s politics or social affairs, played out on screens or face-to-face, it’s a rare day when we don’t witness a heated debate of some sort. Social media has made it easier to express our views, and we’re seeing an outpouring of opinion, often put across in an aggressive and dogmatic fashion. And, it seems, you’re just as likely to be lambasted for sitting on the fence as you are for falling on the ‘wrong’ side of it. But the idea that uncertainty demonstrates weakness or apathy is not only wrong, it’s unhealthy.