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textualdeviance) wrote2010-07-30 01:40 am
textualdeviance) wrote2010-07-30 01:40 am
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Sorta on the heels of that last post:
I wonder if there's a word for the feeling you get when you have a sudden surge of hope after a long despair, but then have it immediately tempered by a dose of reality.
For instance, if you've been working for ages without a vacation, and you finally get a hint that you might get to take some time off, so you get really excited for a minute... Until you realize that you can't actually afford to travel anywhere.
I think that feeling is one of the worst in the world. I'd rather be in a constant state of low-grade depression than to get happy about something only to watch it blow up.
I wonder if there's a word for the feeling you get when you have a sudden surge of hope after a long despair, but then have it immediately tempered by a dose of reality.
For instance, if you've been working for ages without a vacation, and you finally get a hint that you might get to take some time off, so you get really excited for a minute... Until you realize that you can't actually afford to travel anywhere.
I think that feeling is one of the worst in the world. I'd rather be in a constant state of low-grade depression than to get happy about something only to watch it blow up.