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When doing good feels ordinary rather than meaningful

I donated a kidney to a stranger last year and people act like I'm a hero but it just felt like the obvious thing to do and now I wonder if that means something's wrong with me.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Acts of profound compassion can feel mundane to the actor, raising questions about the relationship between significance and subjective experience.

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