Hyperrationalization is a type of pathological doubt that blocks the person; it is common in individuals who are extraordinarily logical, rational and lack spontaneity; on the other hand, this condition causes great discomfort in the person who suffers from it.
In fact, in many cases, emotion and intuition play an important role in the choices we make. Not dealing with these elements that are part of us means ignoring an important part of our nature; a desolation that we don’t always perceive.
- Doubt makes us undecided.
- But in many cases so wise and prudent; on the other hand.
- We could talk about hyperrationalization as a product of the exploitation of logic and the rejection of intuition.
- Human beings may doubt a decision: believe or not to believe.
- To do or not to do.
- When a person is overrationalized.
- They are often caught up in doubt to the point of getting caught up in it.
We are rational beings, but also emotional beings, so when we rely too much on logic, we end up being inoperative. Thus, hyperrationalization generates anxiety, unintentionally reinforcing our passion for logic; the same logic that drowns us.
Reason is not a natural element; on many occasions, not even real, simply illusory. Many of the decisions we think we are making correctly are just the hidden product of the influence of our emotions.
Hyperrationalization is nothing more than faith in this illusion, which occurs above all when one goes through a phase that looks like a desert of success and good decisions, we feel betrayed by what we do not control and stick to what we want to control. Thus, we pretend to be logical when it is not possible to be logical because of the amount of information we lack.
There are several explanations for obsessive-compulsive disorder (ODO), such as the “feeling of something unfinished” or “not entirely correct experiences. “Inspired by Janet’s classic descriptions (1903). The feeling of?Unfinished? It refers to an internal feeling of imperfection, therefore associated with the perception that actions or intentions have not been whole(Pitman, 1987).
The feeling of being unfinished is not only felt by people with ODO, studies conducted with the NJRE-Q questionnaire have shown that these sensations are extremely common in the non-clinical population, in particular 99% of respondents.
These “unfinished” experiences can be seen as a general tendency to express doubts or question the experience itself (Tallis, 1995). In the face of psychological research, the scale of indecision?(Indecision Scale, IS; Frost and Shows, 1993).
How do you feel when you make that decision? When reason blocks us, asking questions related to our emotional participation can help us make better decisions.
One of the main features associated with hyperrationalization is the difficulty in accepting mistakes, that is, we have to deal with the fact that we are making mistakes, but people who hyperrationalize are not able to do so.
Sometimes great detailed explanations or damning words hide the desire to be intelligent. We must remember that human beings do not have brains just to think, because we are a system of ideas, sensations and emotions.
It takes about 6 years to form the main brain structures, that is, in the first years of life the decisions are fundamentally dictated by our most intuitive and emotional part, the logic appears in very small doses, in relation to the role of sensory and associative receptors.
The book “Fast and Slow: Two Ways of Thinking,” written by Daniel Kahneman, explains very well the outcome of decades of research on the dichotomy of thought. In short, the author talks about two ways of thinking:
Unlike hyperrationalization, Daniel Kahneman explains his analysis of the two different ways in which the mind creates thought: evolution has allowed human beings to develop their ability to reason, however, our emotional participation has not lost its usefulness. Stop to make a list of pros and cons when we see something in the fire burning!