My term. I first heard of the phenomenon in "Easy Way" by Allen Carr, a (successful, in my case) smoking cessation technique/guide. He said in the book that the constant bombarding of images and adverts telling people how dreadful smoking is for health do nothing to help quitters really, because they create a sense of sacrifice in the quitters mind. I think that in fact it applies to many many things in life however, and is far from limited to smoking. In a nutshell, it works like this:
Sacrifices Holograms – where one has a very bad habit, but "unconsciously" deduces there MUST be a powerful reason to continue with that habit due to the fact one DOES continue. The worse the habit, the more powerful the holographic image in the mind of an enormously powerful reason to continue. The truth? There is no large sacrifice to be made: 99.9% of the monstrosity is just a mental hologram born of the enormity of the reasons to do the right thing, when doing wrong.
Struggling to stick to a diet but don't know why? Sacrifices Holograms.
Struggling to write that awesome novel you've been meaning to for years but don't know why? Sacrifices Holograms.
Struggling to cut down on a gambling problem? Sacrifices Holograms.
And on and on and on. Thunks atheist forums?
Sacrifices Holograms – where one has a very bad habit, but "unconsciously" deduces there MUST be a powerful reason to continue with that habit due to the fact one DOES continue. The worse the habit, the more powerful the holographic image in the mind of an enormously powerful reason to continue. The truth? There is no large sacrifice to be made: 99.9% of the monstrosity is just a mental hologram born of the enormity of the reasons to do the right thing, when doing wrong.
Struggling to stick to a diet but don't know why? Sacrifices Holograms.
Struggling to write that awesome novel you've been meaning to for years but don't know why? Sacrifices Holograms.
Struggling to cut down on a gambling problem? Sacrifices Holograms.
And on and on and on. Thunks atheist forums?
