01
there's a name for what your brain is doing in the pause before you knock.
02you stand outside the door a second longer than you need to.
03you're running the first ten seconds before they happen.
04it's called episodic future thinking. projecting yourself forward to pre-experience an event.
05the pause isn't fear. it's your brain loading the room.
The name, put to its paper
'episodic future thinking' is the established name for projecting yourself forward to pre-experience an event
the doorway pause is your brain loading the room