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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reactance_(psychology)

In psychology, reactance is an unpleasant motivational reaction to offers, persons, rules, regulations, advice, recommendations, information, nudges, and messages that are perceived to threaten or eliminate specific behavioral freedoms. Reactance occurs when an individual feels that an agent is attempting to limit one's choice of response and/or range of alternatives.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago

I have an unconscious gift of telling people (mostly my wife) to do stuff just as she's about to do it. She hates it lol