Feeling thankful is increasingly touted as a cure-all, but sometimes there are reasons not to be grateful Feeling thankful is increasingly touted as a cure-all, but sometimes there are reasons not to be grateful T he word “gratitude” is everywhere these days. On mental health leaflets and in magazine columns, emblazoned on mugs and motivational posters. All this is the result of more than two decades’ research in positive psychology which has found that having a “gratitude practice” (usually