Today I had an excellent example of cognitive dissonance. A friend of my mother’s made the mistake of complaining to my husband about my mother not being brought home. (My mother is currently in a care center for dementia.) DH told her he was sick and tired of my mother emotionally abusing me and yelling…
I believe people learn differently. I found a visual way that demonstrates cognitive dissonance. Yes, I used my mouse to follow the rings.
I wrestled with cognitive dissonance but I didn’t know what it was or why it was sooooo uncomfortable. In counseling, I encountered extreme cognitive dissonance when my counselor tried to convince me I was a good person. Most people believe they are a good person. From the time I was small I was told repeatedly…
Awareness of childhood sexual abuse “We only believe those thoughts which have been conceived not in the brain but in the whole body” – W.B. Yeats * The process triggered by working with the brain and the body in conjunction deepen cognitive development significantly in the areas of evaluating, analyzing, applying and remembering *…
cognitive dissonance noun, Psychology 1. anxiety that results from simultaneously holding contradictory or otherwise incompatible attitudes, beliefs, or the like, as when one likes a person but disapproves strongly of one of his or her habits. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/cognitive-dissonance One of the psychology terms I needed to learn. Fairly early in my counseling sessions, my counselor would…
PTSD - Accepting, Coping, Thriving 