Cognitive Dissonance Padlet by Rafay Saleem

Instructions

incinerace3 — 2025-04-11 03:42:07 UTC

Think of a time when your actions didn't match your values or beliefs, even something small. Make a post with:

What you believed
What you did
How it made you feel
What you did (or could’ve done) to reduce that discomfort

Ahmed Iqbal

2025-04-15 18:18:39 UTC

What I believed: I was a disciplined, self-controlled being sent from the heavens to inspire others with my moral strength. Basically, a broccoli-powered monk.

What I did: I ate six slices of pizza... in the shower. Don’t ask me how. It involved a plate, steam, and bad life choices. The cheese melted in ways it was never meant to. I stared at the shampoo bottle like it owed me answers.

How it made me feel: Like a soggy goblin who had betrayed the temple of health. My shampoo smelled like rosemary, but my soul smelled like regret and marinara.

What I could’ve done: Maybe... not eaten in the shower like a cryptid? Or journaled. Or texted a friend: “Stop me. I’m becoming unhinged.” But instead, I dried off, brushed my teeth, and told myself it was “experimental self-care.” Therapy might say otherwise.

scamming customers

2025-04-15 18:21:50 UTC

alot of times my actions dont match my beleifs especially in the mechanic shop. i beleive in honest busines and helping out customers and what i usually have to do is scam the customer and put parts they dont need because our awesome boss sidhu who buys us chai likes to sneak a little cash in. i felt bad but after doing it enough its like bruh what can i do lol

2025-04-15 18:22:11 UTC

Possible example

Believing that wastin time is wrong
Wasting time anyways
Guilty
Rationalizing by saying that a break was needed, even if it isn't true.

vinfast

2025-04-15 18:22:38 UTC

I am against EVs

I sat in a VinFast

It made me feel afraid & permanently scarred. I was threatened to sit in one
I didn't return to the booth after :(

Vinfast

2025-04-15 18:23:46 UTC

I am against vinfast but i sat in one and it made me feel afraid and i was scarred forever. i didnt return to the booth after