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Cognitive Dissonance: Emotion Processing 22/30
That itchy feeling when what you do doesn't match what you believe? It has a name. 🧩
Who it's for
The discomfort of acting against one's values can show up as guilt, defensiveness or constant self-justification without the person knowing why.
Guilty / Ashamed→Clear-Headed
Feelings it meets
What it is
Licensed marriage and family therapist Emma McAdam presents lesson 22 of the 30-part emotion-processing series on her Therapy in a Nutshell channel, released in August 2021. She explains cognitive dissonance as the discomfort of believing one thing while acting on another.
Where to find it
YouTube, Therapy in a Nutshell channel (free).
Before you start
Age: Ages 12+
No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true.Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter
