{"id":6781,"date":"2023-11-12T04:20:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-12T04:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.donotdestroy.com\/index\/733728079669755904-2\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T05:53:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T22:53:29","slug":"733728079669755904-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.donotdestroy.com\/index\/733728079669755904-2\/","title":{"rendered":"733728079669755904"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><\/h1>\n<p class=\"npf_link\" data-npf='{\"type\":\"link\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/href.li\/?https:\/\/www.mentalhelp.net\/blogs\/why-we-lie-to-ourselves\/\",\"display_url\":\"https:\/\/href.li\/?https:\/\/www.mentalhelp.net\/blogs\/why-we-lie-to-ourselves\/\",\"title\":\"Why We Lie To Ourselves\",\"description\":\"A Psychological term known as \\\"cognitive dissonance\\\" is behind the reason why we lie to ourselves and tell ourselves untruths.\",\"site_name\":\"MentalHelp.net\"}'><a href=\"https:\/\/href.li\/?https:\/\/www.mentalhelp.net\/blogs\/why-we-lie-to-ourselves\/\" target=\"_blank\">Why We Lie To Ourselves<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cLeon Festinger (1957) proposed cognitive dissonance theory, which states that a powerful motive to maintain cognitive consistency can give rise to irrational and sometimes maladaptive behavior.<\/p>\n<p>Festinger\u2019s (1957) cognitive dissonance theory suggests that we have an inner drive to hold all our attitudes and beliefs in harmony and avoid disharmony (or dissonance).<\/p>\n<p>Resolving cognitive dissonance<\/p>\n<p>1) We can change our attitude<\/p>\n<p>2) We can acquire new information<\/p>\n<p>3) We can reduce the importance of our beliefs<\/p>\n<p>The more a person wishes to conform, the more likely they are to use cognitive dissonance. Cognitive dissonance explains many of our everyday actions. The person who steals from his employer but tells himself that he is underpaid and deserves the extra is twisting the interpretation of his behavior in order to still feel he is okay as a human being is another good example.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why We Lie To Ourselves \u201cLeon Festinger (1957) proposed cognitive &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12749],"tags":[9238,9239,1235,733,707,667,666,8187,652,7733,731,732,705,708,704,3,617,2984,7474,2255,9240,3152,727,9237],"class_list":["post-6781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tumblr","tag-cognitive-behavioral-therapy","tag-cognitive-dissonance","tag-consciousness","tag-depression","tag-ego","tag-fake","tag-lie","tag-low-self-confidence","tag-low-self-esteem","tag-low-self-worth","tag-mental-health","tag-mental-illness","tag-mind","tag-narcissism","tag-psychology","tag-quote-of-the-day","tag-quotes","tag-self-awareness","tag-self-concious","tag-self-realization","tag-self-validation","tag-true","tag-truth","tag-untruth"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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