I’m just getting started studying counselling psychology, and this is a term I’ve heard about but am still struggling to understand. I’d love to hear a professional’s thoughts on what exactly intellectualization is, with some examples? Thanks very much!
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Intellectualism is thinking about a situation to help balance out one’s emotions.
If a customer is rude to an employee with low confidence, the employee may think that they did something wrong.
If a customer is rude to an employee with high self confidence, the employee may think the customer is just a loser.
If a customer is rude to someone with intellectualism, the employee may think things over and go over possible reasons: the customer had a bad day, a bad shopping trip, domestic issues, etc.
This was a unexpected attack but gained a better understanding of things thanks for the post and the comments
Is this sometimes reduced down to ‘mental gymnastics’ and/or neuroticism? I know that it isn’t actually those things, but my question is do people often mistake or confuse them?
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