GeniesLoki

So there's a fun thing called "misattribution of arousal" which is basically that the physical symptoms of an emotion can be hard to distinguish from the emotion itself. Classic example of this is that fear makes other people seem more attractive because of overlapping response.

This is particularly bad when you are experiencing that emotion for real and also for independent reasons experiencing the physical sensation associated with the emotion more strongly.

So for example, purely hypothetically you understand, say you: 1. Are a bit anxious. 2. Experience anxiety as a tense shoulders threat response 3. Also are fucking up your shoulder muscles by a recent change in work environment causing bad posture Then...

...this might result in "a day where you are weirdly anxious". Fortunately I am a very intelligent person who would never fall for such a foolish mistake. Couldn't be me.