Cognitive dissonance is a psychological term that describes the discomfort you feel when your beliefs don’t line up with your actions. Or it could refer to the tension of holding two conflicting ...

A man once asked for some of my chewing gum. When I refused him, he explained that he didn’t want it anyway ... Source: Geralt/Pixabay I’ll be the first to admit that the term ‘cognitive dissonance’ ...

"27.75 calories too many, but I’m meant to be gaining weight. I shall look better when I do." (Diary entry, in recovery, 2008) In the first two posts in this series, I sketched out the basics of ...