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Aella
@Aella_Girl
I think of optimism/mood as having a set point (that's probably genetically determined); no matter what happens, you tend to return to your natural set point. I suspect ppl also have a "how much other people like me" set point feeling that they return to no matter the feedback
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Aella
@Aella_Girl
Like, it's one of the background 'vibes' someone has in their worldview - their feeling of how much they are liked/accepted by other people. Like, at the end of the day when the universe settles back into its rightful shape, they expect themselves to be a certain amount of liked.
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John Manedrake
@Xrayhighs
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@Aella_Girl
I disagree very much that this is genetics. Most of the people are having a working body regarding hormons and basic functionality. But everyone can be broken through trauma or life changing experience, even more so when young. Everyone has a baseline - somewhat changing over
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Jazi Zilber
@yzilber
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@Aella_Girl
regression to the mean. objectively, different people should have different levels of optimism for rational reasons. life averages would only change over long periods, interesting if our judgements change then, and how much