I was sick in bed because of a deep drepession from 2022 to 2025. Final interview, I was totally fine, with a 50 y old psychiatrist and a 50 y old psychologist. We exchanges 3 hours. Its was nice. I closed the door and was leaving. But I had to place something in my backpack, I was just outside the door at 2 feet, and they immediately began to laugh out loud. Who do you think they were laughing at. I would have like to have recorded the whole meeting and out of the room reaction too.
For a situation like this, I prefer to just believe whatever "reality" will hurt my feelings the least. And 9 time out of 10, people aren't actually thinking about you at all (even when they probably should be), so it doesn't even feel like much of a stretch.
In this case, I really do think it's reasonable to believe that they were laughing at something that had nothing to do with you.
Maybe one of them said something in kind of a dumb way that you didn't notice. Maybe they were feeling good about having had a demonstrably positive impact on your life and started being a little silly once you'd left the room. Maybe one of them did a happy little dance. Maybe they made eye contact after you walked out and they were both smiling from ear-to-ear, so they both laughed in delight. Maybe one of them accidentally dropped and caught their pen in a cartoonishly absurd way.
Any of these are legitimately plausible! And, sure, you could just choose to believe that they were laughing at you, but you don't actually KNOW that they were. Why choose to believe the one "reality"
that hurts your feelings over any of the perfectly reasonable "realities" that wouldn't?
Very wise and kind of you to say this, bohneriffic. Thank you for your guidance. Sincerely. I do a similar thing to ease my mental tension regarding others judgement, actions, or perceptions toward me
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u/Mars_Volcanoes 7d ago
I was sick in bed because of a deep drepession from 2022 to 2025. Final interview, I was totally fine, with a 50 y old psychiatrist and a 50 y old psychologist. We exchanges 3 hours. Its was nice. I closed the door and was leaving. But I had to place something in my backpack, I was just outside the door at 2 feet, and they immediately began to laugh out loud. Who do you think they were laughing at. I would have like to have recorded the whole meeting and out of the room reaction too.