Why psychological facts shock you?

• If we have a plan B, our plan A is less likely to work.

When we make a plan, part of making that plan happen, is to believe in that plan. Making a second plan for back up is a good thing to do, but in the back of our mind’s it makes us doubt that the first plan will be successful.

Any doubt, in any form, will automatically decrease the chance that this plan will be successful. This doesn’t actually shock me, it makes sense in my mind.

• Fear can feel good — if we’re not really in danger.

I think when being scared, there’s this certain level of excitement that goes along with it.

There are many types of excitement. Anxious excitement, energetic excitement, and excitement from fear (there are more).

When are minds don’t think we’re in any real danger, and we’re doing something risky, and we’re scared, it can be fun.

Take jumping off a diving board into a pool. It’s scary, but once you do it, it feels like you’ve accomplished something amazing.

• “Catching” a yawn could help us bond.

You know how when we yawn, it seems that at least one other person yawns as well?

It’s been studied that this could actually be a way to show empathy. Young children, and or people with autism, are less likely to yawn. This does not mean that either isn’t capable of being empathetic..

Why do you yawn when someone else does, even if you aren’t tired? There are a few theories about why yawning is contagious, but one of the leading ones is that it shows empathy. People who are less likely to show empathy — such as toddlers who haven’t learned it yet or young people with autism — are also less likely to yawn in reaction to someone else’s.

So your yawns have the power to connect you with other people I guess..

• Food tastes better when someone else makes it.

Have you ever taken 5 hours to make one of your favorite mug cakes, and then you try it, and it tastes kind of eh.

But then you have it after someone else makes it and it.. strangely tastes better?

Studies have shown that when someone else makes our food for us, it tastes better because we’ve had less time to actually eat it, compared to the other person being around it how ever long it took to make it.

The excitement of eating the food is taken away, when we are constantly looking at the food. Since after a while there’s a lot less to be excited about. So it makes sense.

Ever wonder why that sandwich from the takeout place down the street tastes better than the ones you make at home, even if you use the same ingredients? One study published in the journal Science found that when you make yourself a meal, you’re around it so long that it feels less exciting by the time you actually dig in — and that, subsequently, decreases your enjoyment.

Source: 40 Mind-Blowing Psychology Facts That Explain Everything | Best Life

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