Roy Baumeister argues that Twitter has vilified his brainchild, ego depletion, to a point that believers fell silent, for fear of being shamed. https://psyarxiv.com/uf3cn/ pic.twitter.com/AYYsawqyIr
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I usually maintain that the idea of of ego depletion is nonsense, but I don't know if I can resist it much longer
I don't know the validity of the theory or whatever, but it feels real to me. Doing things that require mental effort exhaust me quickly. Especially if it's something like overcoming anxiety for a while.
People become tired from working or emotional stress or depression or chronic illness or any number of other factors. Tired people tend to choose more expedient methods of solving remaining problems. It is not clear that this has much to do with self-control per se.
'Will power' to actively engage in an activity is distinct from 'will power' to reject an activity. A tired person may not have very much energy to e.g. file some neglected tax form, but this does not imply eating a dozen cookies. Ridiculous notion.
Before I read about ego depletion, I thought I could be productive whenever I wanted. After I read about it, I started to indulge. And now I realize it’s a pseudo-scientific way to justify my laziness, nothing more. On this matter: if you believe, you can
If ego depletion wasn't real, we wouldn't need rehab centers.
And slot machine design wouldn't determine frequency of play
I did at first, because it's a sexy theory. But when you think of times in your life when things have gotten horrible, often you're able to rise above, which I think makes the idea debatable. It's so hard to define those "outer" states of being, though.
"that the capacity for self-regulation is a limited resource,akin to strength or energy. To use it is to lose it, at least temporarily" (Muraven, et al , 1998). http://persweb.wabash.edu/facstaff/hortonr/articles%20for%20class/Muraven%20self-regulatoin.pdf …
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