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I've come to realise that if I'm run down or hungover or guilty in some way then my mind automatically starts to relive old resentments. I think it's a form of
by roceasta 9y ago
I've come to realise that if I'm run down or hungover or guilty in some way then my mind automatically starts to relive old resentments. I think it's a form of projection. There's a bad feeling internally and so memories are activated to 'explain' the badness and direct blame elsewhere.
- ASpring 9y agoThis is 100% real and everyone experiences it. Academics talk about it as mood congruence; it's a well studied phenomenon in psychology and some work I've done in the past has touched on it. Basically you're more likely to recall past events that match your current mood. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mood_congruence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mood_congruence
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