Serious Do you think you would experience arrival fallacy if you were to get a GF?

[GmeOvr]

Definition
The arrival fallacy is the false belief that reaching a specific, long-sought goal (e.g., a promotion, marriage, or financial milestone) will bring lasting happiness. Coined by Dr. Tal Ben-Shahar, it explains why many feel unfulfilled after succeeding, as the joy is temporary and often followed by a return to baseline happiness.


So you think you would experience it if you were to get a GF?

 

[Animecel2D]

If I were to get a gf I’d wake up and realize it was all a dream

 

[ihatelife2]

I at least wouldn't be ruminating 24 7 about how I'm ugly and not a man so it would change things

 

[BasedGoyslopReviews]

doesnt matter, would have temporary joy, would set a new bar knowing that I can probably replicate this. The joy is only a piece of it. There's the entire psyche to improve, feeling worthy as a man, knowing youve been given a green light by a foid.
No.
this is like saying would a homeless person feel this fallacy if he got a home

 

[AtrociousCitizen]

No — because I don't believe getting a girlfriend would solve all my suffering, even if it would considerably reduce it by allowing me to experience warmth and affection (assuming she genuinely loves me). The main issue is that the decade of lasting damage to my psyche cannot simply vanish following a single occurrence; it would require years of positive reinforcement and pleasant experiences, although I doubt I can experience conventional happiness at this point, but maybe it only seems that way because of the limited position I find myself in. Nonetheless, it would definitely bring me great joy and meaning; the idea that it would simply return to the baseline presupposes a flawed conception of the hedonic treadmill.

 

[Hevel]

I think the arrival fallacy is more about the realization that the effort invested was greater than the value of the price.

But to answer the question, yes, because I can't escape what I experienced, even if I had this hypothetical girlfriend.

 

[GmeOvr]

this is like saying would a homeless person feel this fallacy if he got a home

Good point

 

[Karlicel]

Getting a gf doesnt make female nature disappear

 

[Falkone]

No i have already to much mental issues even if i get somehow a gf it will not solve them

 

[Misogynist Vegeta]

Probably not, the desire for a real gf is literally programmed into our DNA.

 

[turbocuckcel_7000]

"baseline happiness" is influenced mostly by your general health.
if getting a gf would improve your general health OR at least encourage you to take better care of your general health, then the fallacy scenario would be wrong, and your long-term happiness would improve.
simple as.

 

[turbocuckcel_7000]

just one random example, men getting a diagnosis and treatment for sleep apnea or a sleep disorder in general is much more likely if they share the bed with a woman

 

[Wolnir]

No, sub 5s get cucked to death in relationships because the foid knows that she can get better.

 

[turbocuckcel_7000]

cucked to death

 

[DCI Gene Hunt]

Probably cos I also want to have kids and buy a house.

 

[The Death Devil]

My goal was never to 'get a girlfriend,' my goal was to be desirable. I don't want a wife nor a girlfriend. I don't want to commit to any whore because they're all the same leeches that will just take my resources and provide me with nothing. Women bring literally nothing to the table other than sex, because femroaches are incapable of love.

 

[superpsycho]

doubt it, however if i got a girlfriend then every single one of my other issues in life would become infinitely more tolerable

 

[EthnicSub5]

It would cure me

 

[LeFrenchCel]

Dr. Tal Ben-Shahar

 

[LeFrenchCel]

To answer seriously, yes.

 

[Gaelic-Truecel]

I would still have to spend 40 hours a week with normies at work as an autist.

 

[Akedia]

Probably, even having the ideal gf still wouldn’t change how outsiders and society treat me

 

[Todd Thundercock]

No, sub 5s get cucked to death in relationships because the foid knows that she can get better.

This doesn't stop most people I've known who are unattractive and have found relationships that they even know are tenuous.

 

[Wolnir]

This doesn't stop most people I've known who are unattractive and have found relationships that they even know are tenuous.

dum comes to mind

 

[GmeOvr]

I had wished this would not have come from a kike. But probably 50% of phychology theories come from them.

 

[NickelodeonCel]

Probably yes.
Getting a gf for attractive guys is a normal thing like eating breakfast, they don't get much dopamine out of it.

 

[Sub5failure]

Yes but it is because i know that i dont want a gf ti start with. I just want an abundance of sex

 

[GmeOvr]

Yes but it is because i know that i dont want a gf ti start with. I just want an abundance of sex

You are a perfect candidate for the Escortmaxxing

 

[LeFrenchCel]

I had wished this would not have come from a kike. But probably 50% of phychology theories come from them.

50% is a rookie number imo

 

[CosmicSerialKiller]

Yes, I probably would. In the unlikely event of getting a GF, I think it would become the norm pretty quickly. Would take the edge off the depression though.

 

[CosmicSerialKiller]

Dr. Tal Ben-Shahar

Dr. Tall Ben Saar

I cannot take this name seriously. Fucking tallfag.

 

[Sub5failure]

You are a perfect candidate for the Escortmaxxing

True. The only problem is that I don't have the shekels. Will start escort maxxing as soon as I am moneymaxxed.

 

[Todd Thundercock]

You are a perfect candidate for the Escortmaxxing

If only escortmaxxing was good sex and not just a way to bust nuts