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After spending money, the memory of that purchase replays repeatedly in your mind: 'Why did I buy that? Was there a cheaper option? Was I tricked by marketing? If I hadn't bought it, what could that money be doing now?' This 'post-purchase review' tendency gives you very high awareness of your own decision-making habits, and helps you learn from past spending mistakes more than most people. But if this replaying has no set 'closing time', it becomes an endless internal drain, keeping your emotions in a prolonged state of mild self-doubt.
💡 Did you know?
Post-purchase regret research shows Post-Purchase Rumination intensity is highly correlated with Decisional Perfectionism, and these individuals take 58% longer to decide on future purchases in the same category than average.
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