When the Fun is Over: Understanding the emotional crash after positive experiences
We all know the feeling of excitement for a long anticipated event. A family vacation, a holiday, a concert, a wedding, summer break. We set a countdown, we plan, we spend weeks or months waiting in anticipation. We pour a lot of excitement, meaning and anticipation into these events (as we should). But sometimes, right in the middle of that joyful experience, other thoughts start to creep in: “Oh no.. it’s almost over” “Am I soaking this in enough?” “One day I’ll miss days like these” “I...
