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Originally Posted by Titus2woman
Or they would develop Stockholm Syndrome and look like your average UPC congregation. ROFL!
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The psychology of what my brain during that time, is fascinating to me. Are you familiar with the term Cognitive Dissonance?
http://psychology.about.com/od/cogni...dissonance.htm
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Question: What Is Cognitive Dissonance?
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People tend to seek consistency in their beliefs and perceptions. So what happens when one of our beliefs conflicts with another previously held belief? The term cognitive dissonance is used to describe the feeling of discomfort that results from holding two conflicting beliefs. When there is a discrepancy between beliefs and behaviors, something must change in order to eliminate or reduce the dissonance.
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I often refer to my time as being in a Coma of sorts, because in order to fix the cognitive dissonance, I had to clamp down on parts of my mind and personality, and therefore fit in.
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“There's such a lot of different Annes in me. I sometimes think that is why I'm such a troublesome person. If I was just the one Anne it would be ever so much more comfortable, but then it wouldn't be half so interesting.”
― L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables
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