Convenient realities.

San Francisco CA

Description

When young children are terrified, their brains often provide an alternate reality or situation to be in during the moments of terror. This is a survival mechanism. This process protects the brain from the horrors. As adults, many people choose a similar strategy for dealing with truths that they prefer were not true. Climate change is overwhelming (horrifying) to think about. So some people choose to convince themselves that it is not real. They convince themselves that it is a hoax because they are unable to deal with the reality. Trump losing the election is another example. People who adore Trump choose to create a reality where the elections "stolen" in order to avoid the inconvenient true reality. The same is true for covid. People who are un-equipped to fathom a reality where covid is real, convince themselves that it is a hoax. They create an alternative reality for themselves just as a horrified child does. People who create their own. realities ignore science and facts of any situation. Their compulsion to create their own fantasy reality consumes them in order to shelter them from the truth. When these alternative / convenient realities consume a person, they become a psychosis. These people literally believe that their alternative reality is real. This is what is known as a delusion. These people are delusional. But to them, the delusions are real. This is why it is so difficult to talk sense to people living in their own. contrived convenient reality. If this post irritates you, it is a sign that you may be living in your on "reality". It is an indication that you are delusional.