According to the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders), rationalization occurs "when the individual deals with emotional conflict or internal or external stressors by concealing the true motivations for his or her own thoughts, actions, or feelings through the elaboration of reassuring or self serving but incorrect explanations." (emphasis mine) In other words, this is how we go about making excuses.
You’re rationalizing if a statement begins with the words, “Yeah, but... .”
Here’s what’s important. The ‘comfort’ you feel when you’re rationalizing something away, is an illusion, because you are in reality telling yourself a lie.
Rationalization and it’s cousin Resistance are by far the best barriers to flight.
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