How to show that for an element $x$ in DGA cohomology it is true that $[x]=[-x]$?

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Perhaps it is a really dumb question, but I want to use this property and it seems that it must hold. However, if one takes a specific homogeneous element $x$ of a differential graded algebra, then proving this statement is showing that $2x=d(something)$ and I don't see an easy way to find $something$.

Thank you.


(Edit) Commentators convinced me that the statement is not generally true.