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Dr Emily - The (pesky) Hedonistic Treadmill

The Imperfects

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The Negativity Bias

The happiness feeling, doesn't matter how good it is, on average goes down after about 48 hours. And in part, I think that really reflects the negativity bias. We are primed to notice the negative because that keeps us safe. It's much like negative stuff is like Velcro and positive is like Teflon.

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