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The Unhappy Millionaire ICYMI
The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos
The Importance of Mental Simulating a Breakup
In the face of negative events, people don't feel as bad as they themselves expected to. Dan calls this capacity to overcome adversity our psychological immune system. As soon as we start to feel bad, our mind deploys a whole host of mental defenses. The happiness we get from rationalizing a bad event is just as real as the Happiness we get from something objectively good.
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