Simply feel It...
Definition of intellectualizing:
The act or process of intellectualizing is...
"An unconscious means of protecting oneself from the emotional stress and anxiety associated with confronting painful personal fears or problems by excessive reasoning."
Wikipedia describes it as : Intellectualization is a defense mechanism where reasoning is used to block confrontation with an unconscious conflict and its associated emotional stress. It involves removing one's self, emotionally, from a stressful event. Intellectualization is often accomplished through rationalization; rather than accepting reality, one may explain it away to remove one's self.
Intellectualization is one of Freud's original defense mechanisms. Freud believed that memories have both conscious and unconscious aspects, and that intellectualization allows for the conscious analysis of an event in a way that does not provoke anxiety.
....this often leads to Rationalisation :
Web report on rationalisation : Rationalization is a defense mechanism that involves explaining an unacceptable behavior or feeling in a rational or logical manner, avoiding the true explanation for the behavior. For example, a person who is turned down for a date might rationalize the situation by saying they weren't attracted to the other person anyway, or a student who blames a poor exam score on the instructor rather than his or her lack of preparation.
Rationalization not only prevents anxiety, it may also protect self-esteem and self-concept. When confronted by success or failure, people tend to attribute achievement to their own qualities and skills while failures are blamed on other people or outside forces.
Our Take: ( from Quatrain....in PEGO IN VERSE )
Intense intellect
Normally selects
Red herring for a clue ;
But feelings are true
We call him a master
Who runs a bit faster
On the circumference of logic
Our judgment is tragic !
The karmic code
For some is the lode
Not to find --- but to lose
With a heaven-sent excuse !
