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What does it mean?
Time feels distorted depending on whether experiences are positive or negative.
In plain terms
Good nights seem short and bad nights seem very long.
What can you take from it?
Emotional state changes how we perceive the passing of time.

Where it applies

  • depression
  • celebration
  • waiting

Putting it to work

  • understanding time perception
  • managing difficult moments

Questions to consider

  • Why does time feel slow when you are sad?

Another view

It assumes a universal experience of time perception.

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