tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3697041069822813301.post630443733678839437..comments2023-04-07T04:36:21.582-05:00Comments on Musing Aloud: Why Does Evasion Cause Pain?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02343632915029739024noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3697041069822813301.post-32311562391376851222011-04-28T18:17:05.813-05:002011-04-28T18:17:05.813-05:00I think you're making it more complicated than...I think you're making it more complicated than it needs to be. Evaders are trying to ignore some facet of reality. This is much easier if everyone else ignores it along with you. Once you call them out, however, they are forced to acknowledge the thing they are trying to hide from and that makes them uncomfortable. It's like not feeling bad about your shopping spree until the credit card bill arrives.Kathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10378628756310960254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3697041069822813301.post-73447151496832097942011-04-26T13:06:03.727-05:002011-04-26T13:06:03.727-05:00Well you got in one, except to talk about why the ...Well you got in one, except to talk about why the evasive response seems to come out of the blue (sometimes), or why a really GOOD evasion is defended so hard. For my money, it's because a lot of the mental action is less-than-conscious (I'm not sure what "subconscious" or "unconscious", in this context, mean). So the evader couldn't even complete the causal chain, as you've done.Halidrynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16808166948121989036noreply@blogger.com