Narrative Dysphoria: The cognitive dissonance experienced by a
Narrativist when observable reality directly contradicts the predictions
of their inner narrative. All of reality is interpreted through the
storylike filter of the inner narrative- as a result this frequently
leads to the Narrativist to have bizarre expectations for future events
to play out in a very specific (and highly improbable way).The
story-like structure of the inner narrative is "turning a page" if you
will, and the Narrativist expects events to line up according to the
expectations generated by the storylike delusion of the inner narrative
that they are embracing. When real world events directly contradict the
expectations generated by the inner narrative, the Narrativist
experiences cognitive dissonance as a result. The Narrativist is
psychologically compelled to resolve this conflict between observable
reality and their inner narrative, and in so doing they are forced to
choose between their delusions (which are tied into their sense of
identity) or reality. Very rarely does reality win this confrontation.
An individual Narrativist will most frequently resolve this stress by
selecting someone close to them and labeling them as either
incompetent/defective or in some way colluding with the enemy, and they
will expel that person from their lives. When a Narrativist group
experiences narrative dysphoria the group will collectively resolve the
inner stress by selecting a member (or small group of members) of the
group as a designated scapegoat and then expelling that member(s). The
remaining members then become more radicalized as a result. (Compaction cycle leading to Inner narrative evolution.)
Continue on to "Compaction cycle".
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