I’m noticing a slow, gradual, positive (bodily) improvement, while also noticing sudden performance declines (in my walking). My mother (91) experiences a (mental) opposite effect. This effect is know as the sawtooth effect.
The sawtooth effect describes a pattern of sudden performance or efficiency drops followed by a gradual recovery, creating a jagged graph resembling saw teeth.
Source: Google AI Overview
Healing from heartaches in Love appears to follow a similar pattern: a sharp decline that is then followed by a long, gradual recovery, including forgiving and forgetting.
I suppose the sawtooth effect occurs in all three dimensions of our life, being:
- Love: like the seven year itch (1955 film), the ties that unbind (PT-2000);
- Knowledge: see body & mind examples above;
- Power: the gradual decline of Superpowers (eg, Russia, USA).
It might not be a coincidence that the sawtooth wave resembles a triangle. A triangle is the strongest geometrical shape in time (eg, pyramids).
The title of an article – see my quote below – is intriguing. I ignored its further contents. Indeed, history also shows a sawtooth effect (eg, pandemics, wars). There’s (indeed) no linear progress. That’s (indeed) a myth.
My remaining question: why does Growth (also) follows a sawtooth wave??
The Sawtooth of History or: the myth of linear progress
Source: Margaret Killjoy article in Substack (2024)
Heartache Tonight (1979) by the Eagles
band, lyrics, video, Wiki-band, Wiki-song
[Verse 1]
Somebody’s gonna hurt someone
Before the night is through
Somebody’s gonna come undone
There’s nothin’ we can do
Note: all markings (bold, italic, underlining) by LO unless in quotes or stated otherwise
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