82. People Overestimate Reactions to Future Events

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    We Overestimate Reactions to the Future
    People greatly overestimate their own reactions to both pleasant and unpleasant situations When we think of going on vacation or a family member dying or having a baby, we predict our emotions and usually we predict way higher than how we'll actually feel We have a built in regulator the keeps us at about the same level whether bad or good things happen to us 
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