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Rosy Retrospection - by Aarushi Gupta - Leaving Behind Gray

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“When it’s not there, you wish it is. When it’s there, you wish it’s not.”

I read a study the other day on the subject of rosy retrospection, or remembering the past more positively than the true experience at the time. In the investigation, researchers evaluated people’s thoughts before, during, and after an exciting event, like a vacation to Europe. They found that participants’ “expectations of personal events are more positive than their actual experience during the event itself, and their subsequent recollection of that event is more positive than the actual experience.” I’ve seen this phenomenon play out in my personal life time and time again, especially…

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