Maybe we could call it “self-pretending” instead of “self-deception”.
In NLP, it’s called “modeling”. Other schools speak of “acting as-if”.
The key distinction between these concepts and the common conception of self-deception, pretending, or acting, is that when ou are acting-as-if, you are not allowed to signal that you’re only pretending.
That is, you must suspend your own disbelief, for others to suspend theirs.
In NLP, it’s called “modeling”. Other schools speak of “acting as-if”.
The key distinction between these concepts and the common conception of self-deception, pretending, or acting, is that when ou are acting-as-if, you are not allowed to signal that you’re only pretending.
That is, you must suspend your own disbelief, for others to suspend theirs.