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Trying to share our 'epic' moments may leave us feeling left out


October 6, 2014

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We might love to reminisce and tell others about our extraordinary experiences--that time we climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, got to taste a rare wine or ran into a celebrity on the street--but new research suggests that sharing these extraordinary experiences may come at a social cost. The findings are published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science.Full Story

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