The opposite phenomenon to sour grapes is often called ‘sweet lemons’, where we ‘decide’ to put a positive spin on a negative experience. Both these mental tricks are types of ‘regret minimisation’ – **given the chance, our brain will do its best to lessen any feelings of regret**, though it does need a plausible alternative narrative to do this. --- **Tags** -- , [[quotes]], [[fear-of-regret]] , [[story-bias]] , [[hindsight-bias]] , **Source** -- [[202407221554 - B - Alchemy]]