(April 9, 2014 at 7:28 pm)sven Wrote: Compartmentalization... Simon Moon, I like that word. It is also difficult to spell.
I think I get it. I'm not good at that, which is probably why I'm so bad at keeping secrets. Perhaps this 'handicap' is the reason I find her so hard to understand.
Compartmentalization is an unconscious psychological defense mechanism used to avoid cognitive dissonance, or the mental discomfort and anxiety caused by a person's having conflicting values, cognitions, emotions, beliefs, etc. within themselves.
Compartmentalization allows these conflicting ideas to co-exist by inhibiting direct or explicit acknowledgement and interaction between separate compartmentalized self states.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
