I am fascinated by the dynamics of the human mind and brain (more to follow on this):
Like it or not—although this one’s really hard to like—we all have a natural bias towards negativity. While we appreciate positive experiences, we are much more finely attuned and give much greater weight to negative experiences like fear, threats, or even just bad news.
According to neuropsychologist Rick Hanson, our "brain is like Velcro to negative experiences and Teflon to positive ones.”
Or as my non-neuropsychologist father used to say, “It takes five pats on the back to make up for one, ‘Ah, (crap).’”
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-- Jeff Haden
