Emotional Relief After Near Misses

The euphoria we feel after a near miss, it's not pure joy. Is often an unpleasant aftertaste attached to this particular hight. Kate has a story from her own life that reveals this other dimension of relief. Some years ago, she planned a trip with her husband and her parents to iceland. She was incredibly excited about the trip and didn't want to leave anything to chance. As kate studied the phenomenon of relief, she began to realize there was more than one kind of relief. It turns out this form of relief has an entirely different psychological signature.