Yeah, that’s unnecessary. Let’s start doing humans without that.
People that regret social mistakes go on to commit less social mistakes and this breed more often than those that never worry about their social faux pas
Hey Evolution! You know that flinch I do when I think of embarrassing things in my past, sometimes accompanied by a groan?
Submitted 6 months ago by Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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kandoh@reddthat.com 6 months ago
Juice@midwest.social 6 months ago
Recalling my past is like watching a cringe comedy that turns briefly into a Yorgos Lanthimos film about various mental illnesses, then a quirky Wes Anderson film, and back into a cringe comedy.
I do be fuckin tho
notnotmike@programming.dev 6 months ago
If I had to come up with a reason for it out of my ass, I’d say it’s because being rejected from a tribe would be a death sentence for most, so those that remembered their mistakes were less likely to repeat them and be expelled.
intensely_human@lemm.ee 6 months ago
It’s not unnecessary. It’s a signal that you need to figure out that moment more deeply. It’s a signal telling you that at least one, possibly more, of the particular behavioral stupidities that led to the embarrassing situation hasn’t yet been figured out and changed.
The way to make the cringe go away is to go back and revisit the situation in detail, and analyze exactly what decisions you made incorrectly that led to it.
For example, I had a situation from fifteen years ago, with my ex girlfriend, involving sex with another guy while we were on a break. Every time I would think of that it would hurt so bad.
I took the above advice and revisited in tons of detail, and analyzed my own mistakes in the scenario. During this analysis I realized that my problem wasn’t the sex; it was the lying about the sex. I should have stopped pursuing her not because she had sex with someone else (which she had the right to do while we were broken up), but I should have stopped pursuing her right then and there because she lied about the sex.
Once I got that new understanding, that moment where I realized she’d just tucked that guy doesn’t hurt in my memory like it did before. Now it’s just a blank, flat, monotone part of my history, similar to “I was born in XXXX year and XXXX city”. It’s just basic data, not a highly charged moment of my past.
You don’t get cringe with all your embarrassing memories. There’s some stuff you did that was super embarrassing that’s just part of your early story, and doesn’t move your energy when you remember it. But certain memories — the ones with a significant emotional jolt upon recall — are like knots that need to be unraveled, and will continue to tug at the fabric of your everyday emotion until you do.
phorq@lemmy.ml 6 months ago
I already know what I did wrong, I said “thanks, you too” when the person at the concessions said “enjoy the movie”. Doesn’t mean I’m not gonna cringe…
intensely_human@lemm.ee 6 months ago
No it’s part of a deeper pattern. Go in with don’t know mind. Recreate the whole scene in writing in as much detail as you remember. Trust me there’s something underneath it.
FeatherConstrictor@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
WAIT WTF ITS NOT JUST ME HOLY SHIT I
SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Some of us have absolutely no shame.
Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 months ago
jimmy90@lemmy.world 6 months ago
you can address these things using CBT and a nice therapist, those flinches will fade
pantyhosewimp@lemmynsfw.com 6 months ago
For anyone confused, they mean Cognitive Behavioral Therapy not Cock and Ball Torture or Computer Based Training.
jimmy90@lemmy.world 6 months ago
correct :)
Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 months ago
CBT is great stuff it’s true
noxy@yiffit.net 6 months ago
So fucking glad it’s not just me
TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee 6 months ago
shame served an evo function that has become less useful when you can do easily find a new tribe and security in modern life
Donebrach@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I am a human and I don’t do that. That is entirely a learned behavior.
Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
How about getting rid of the spontaneous embarrassment highlight reel in the first place? That would be great, thanks.
agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
Reflecting on your mistakes let’s you learn from them and not repeat them. Reducing the number of mistakes you make is good for survival. Sorry, this is a feature not a bug.
hash0772@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
You should’ve added “Closing the issue.” too at the end lol.
PostingInPublic@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Yeah that’s not the problem we’re talking about, it’s about still being presented with these 45 years later, with memories from a time when you were a stupid little kid.
Stupid brain.
Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
Very true but moderation is key