Do we have a word for this?

Suppose in circumstance C I experience phenomena p to degree n where n>0.  Nothing unusual about C is novel in its contribution to p, and the degree to which I experienc p is pretty normal.

Suppose p is annoying.

Suppose at the onset of event E, I enter a new circumstance, C’, the degree to which I experience p is increased by degree m, where m is noticeable but not very significant.

In these circumstances, I feel inclined to get angry at E for p. Not p to degree o, where m-n=o, but p, period.

Effectively I blame the event for the fact of the annoyance’s existence, even though I would have experienced p only slightly less should E not have happened.

Does anyone else do this? Is there a name for this? There should be.

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