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235. Right person, wrong time: fact or fiction?

2024/9/30
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Jemma认为“对的人,错的时间”可能只是一种安慰自己的说法,如果真是对的人,双方会想办法克服困难,时间不会是问题。她分析了距离、生活变化、情感准备不足等多种因素如何阻碍一段关系,并指出执着于这种想法可能会让我们被错误的希望所束缚,而我们其实拥有许多灵魂伴侣。Jemma建议与其纠结于假设的可能性,不如专注于当下,接受现实,继续前行,未来可能会以意想不到的方式发展。她还探讨了认知偏差(如光环效应、可得性启发式和显著性偏差)以及镜像曝光效应如何影响我们对前任的看法,并建议我们专注于前任的缺点,而不是优点,并通过整理与前任相关的物品等方式来帮助自己放下。最终,Jemma鼓励听众要相信自己,专注于个人成长,创造新的回忆,开启新的生活。

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The concept of "right person, wrong time" is explored, questioning whether timing truly hinders a perfect relationship or if it's a comforting myth. Obstacles like distance, life changes, and emotional unreadiness are discussed as potential reasons for relationship tension.
  • 'Right person, wrong time' may be a myth, as true compatibility transcends timing.
  • Obstacles like distance, life changes, and emotional unreadiness contribute to relationship tension.
  • The current dating environment makes finding someone compatible feel particularly challenging.

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The right person at the wrong time might be one of the saddest kinds of love stories we come across. This person may be perfect for us, our dream partner, but factors like distance, life, obligations, emotional readiness get in the way and mean that we can't be together. Despite knowing we can't be together, we can't let go and pine after this person, wondering what we could have done differently. Or is right person, wrong time, actually just a myth? Is there ever such a thing as the 'wrong time' for our soulmate? In this episode we discuss: 

  • The obstacles that keep people apart
  • The psychology of 'right person, wrong time'
  • The cognitive biases that keep us attached to someone
  • Why we feel more bonded with some people over others 
  • Why 'right person, wrong time' may be a myth 
  • How to get over this person you can't stop thinking about

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