Why You Finish a Movie You Hate

Why you keep watching a movie you hate, sticking with a dead hobby, or staying in a job you hate — that is the sunk-cost fallacy. Once you have spent time, money, or effort on something, your brain treats quitting like losing all of it, even when staying makes it worse. The time is already gone, whether you stay or leave — the only question that matters is what the next hour is worth. Visuals and narration created with AI. #psychology #shorts #humanbehavior