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> ゲームをやめるとグループから外されるんじゃないかといつも不安でした。 **不安になった日の翌朝は、友だちにすごく優しくするんです。**
> そうやって友だちに奉仕して、関係を無理矢理にでもうまくつなごうとしていました。いつの間にか友だちづきあいに疲れてしまっていましたね([source](https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/web_tokushu/2018_0919.html?utm_int=tokushu-
> new_contents_list-items_004))

I don't understand why the past tense isn't used for 優しくする(=>優しくした)?
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Sentence in the present tense when the text is in the past tense?
That sentence in bold is an example of historical present, as the sentence
describes his habitual behavior in the past. It's not to be confused with
relative tense [described
here](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/25376/5010). It's hard to logically
describe when historical present is employed, but in this specific case, the
intention is clear; he used it to emphasize the sentence with vividness and
emotion.

See:

  * [Why did the author briefly jump to present tense in this article?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/23349/5010)
  * [Negative present endings translated as past tense](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/53760/5010)
  * [i am confusesd as to what historical present tense is, when it is used, etc](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/55536/5010)
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