I love posts that explain the way our brains trick us into we are decisions. Cognitive dissonance is one of those tricks, as explained by the above slideshow and the next bit of text by @dermdeets_med: “Cog-what?? 😅 Cognitive Dissonance is a mental discomfort that occurs when people have two conflicting beliefs (inconsistency). When people’s beliefs and behaviour don’t align, they attempt to relieve that discomfort by rejecting it or avoiding it altogether: “I don’t use products with fragrance or parabens. Why take the risk?” It’s as unreasonable as saying “I never go outside during the day because of the risk of skin cancer!” Things like sunscreen, UPF clothing, and seeking shade all minimize exposure. (Risk=Hazard X Exposure).” Another example of cognitively dissonant behaviour via @maximumskin: smokers who whinge about toxins in our food. Oh! And from @lizaherz (in her highlights): Gwyneth Paltrow, the high priestess of “clean” products, who gets neurotoxic injections, regularly drinks alcohol (a known toxin with connections to infertility) and smokes. ✨ There is more cognitive dissonance info in relation to natural skincare, fragrance, toxins and parabens in the caption of the OG post as well as in the comments section; hop over to @dermdeets_med to follow and read and digest the rest. #braintrick #cognitivedissonance #factsnotfear #mythbusting #science #scicomm #stopfearmongering #citationplease #scicommunity #beautyscicomm #Beautygeeks https://www.instagram.com/p/CJG3xPgr0yu/?igshid=1wr7pylitxy6t
