Overcoming Fear 5.75g

[Shannon]

Mental gymnastics comes as a defense against doing what the fearful parts fear would remove the fear. Basically, admitting it and then doing things the common sense way. It's a subconscious defense/stasis tactic.

And thoroughly thinking things through doesn't mean they have the capacity to do so logically. I have noted during my 26+ years of studying the human awareness that nearly everyone thinks they think logically - no matter how irrational they are. I have seen people freely mix real logic and "emotional logic" and convince themselves to the ends of the earth that they are thinking 100% logically. I have seen people who couldn't logic their way out of a wet paper bag if you did it for them vehemently defend their choices as "scientifically logical' or "mathematically logical". I mean really... it gets messed up. REALLY messed up.