82. People Overestimate Reactions to Future Events

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