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YEETAWAYLOL t1_j9ythgl wrote

It’s when you have conflicting views that distress you.

Example: you love animals, and also love meat. If you think about where your meat comes from, you may be distressed because an animal died. But you still love animals and meat, even though they “contradict” each other.

Another example: you are a pacifist but also extremely nationalistic. If you are drafted into a war, you’re going to want to fight to defend your country, but also don’t want to fight, as it involves killing.

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cookerg t1_ja12jiq wrote

I think those examples, as you mentioned in the first example, the cognitive dissonance part, is the discomfort your brain feels in trying to either ignore, or somehow reconcile you conflicting beliefs or actions. If you're fully aware of the contradiction, and have decided to live with it, there's no dissonance, but if you're somehow still believing two conflicting things that are inconsistent, and haven't quite sorted it out, that's the "dissonance" part. The brain pain that creates.

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Davebobman t1_j9zwueb wrote

>Another example: you are a pacifist but also extremely nationalistic. If you are drafted into a war, you’re going to want to fight to defend your country, but also don’t want to fight, as it involves killing.

A good example would be the movie Hacksaw Ridge (based on a true story).

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