DAE have a lie they believed about themselves get wrecked by one dumb thing? | Cognitive Dissonance Diaries

Amy Anderson · 2026-10-20T22:30:03.579976+00:00

For ten years I swore up and down that I was a patient person, the calm one in my family, until last Tuesday when my 4 year old nephew dumped a whole box of 96 crayons on my kitchen floor in Cleveland and I felt my jaw actually clench. The clash between my "I'm so chill" story and the fact that I wanted to yell at a toddler over wax sticks was a rough one to sit with, and it honestly took me two days to admit my sister was right when she laughed and called me the least patient Anderson. What tiny thing cracked a belief you had about yourself that you'd been holding onto for way too long?

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DAE have a lie they believed about themselves get wrecked by one dumb thing? | Cognitive Dissonance Diaries - Thought Shares