When the participants analyzel their feelings from the usual…

When the participants analyzel their feelings from the usual self-immersed perspective, they recounted the concrete details as if they were reliving the experience (e.g., "He told me to back off" or "I remember watching her cheat on me") and reactivated the negative emotions they felt ("1 was so angry, pissed off, betrayed). In contrast, when they analyzed their feelings and the reasons for them from a distanced prespective, as a fly on the wall, they began to reappraise the event rather than just recounting it once again and reactivating their distress.

— from The Instruments (Awareness/Perception/Expectations)

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