auntblabby wrote:
kraftiekortie wrote:
Yep.....more intense pain tends to drown out less intense pain.
but a funny thing, is the overpowering domination of negative feelings over positive emotions, it takes a lot more than an ice cream cone to distract a screaming tantruming toddler. the depths of pain subjectively have more power, than the heights of pleasure. that, to me, is about the most fked up part of our world.
We're biologically programmed to respond to and give more attention to negative feedback, as a survival mechanism. I wish I could remember what book it was I read that in, but it was one of my usual biological/psychological sciences book. It might've even been one of the books about Trauma and PTSD.
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