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A chat on subreddit /r/NoStupidQuestions
human
Psychologists typically associate RBP with a feeling of lack of control in your life. You simultaneously reward *and* punish yourself in the same manner, as a means to carve out a little personal time at an unnatural time of day, while  guaranteeing the exhaustion you already likely associate with day to day life — as a form of subconscious punishment for making time for yourself
gpt
Oh yeah, I know.   I work so damn much, I don't have enough time to do the things that I enjoy, so I purposely torture myself because "This is my time!"