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louderwords  ·  4075 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What is/are the most complicated emotion(s) you have ever experienced?

I have a similar experience when I watch someone act in a way that I know I used to act, but I'm able to see it from an outsider's perspective and I go through a mix of shame for being such an uppity bonehead, happiness that I'm not the only one that does it, sympathy for the fact that the person I'm witnessing is going through it, and a nice little release from my seriousness.

Put more simply: being able to laugh at yourself when you see someone do something you used to do and you can see it from the perspective that those around you saw it (particularly older)