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Conservation of dysphoria
Last discussed Oct 31, 2026
A positive-psychology idea that as life improves, people inflate small worries to keep their level of bad feeling constant.
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Chris Williamson · Oct 31, 2026
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"So I had Martin Seligman on, positive psychology guy. There's this thing called conservation of dysphoria... So as your life gets better, some people look for worries with a bigger magnifying glass."
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