Life's Setbacks Aren't as Bad as They Used to Be

When a pipe bursts, you have to quickly shut off the water and call a plumber. But that's what one of life's setbacks is like when somebody insults you. It can be orders of magnitude greater harm that it does you than the insult itself did. Is it possible that getting stuck in these loops r what psychologists sometimes call perseveration? Some of us are more prone to it than others....