mental gymnastics

a miraculous mental process of weaving intricate threads of reasoning in complex, tangential, and often contradictory ways to give the mental gymnast the illusion that they has resolved the cognitive dissonance stemming from objective facts debunking their firmly held beliefs, thereby allowing the mental gymnast to continue on with life still holding onto the flawed beliefs while still acknowledging the objective facts.

Person1: God is the creator of EVERYTHING, all knowing, all good, and present in all things everywhere at all times.

Person2: So then if people are evil, then at least one of those divine attributes must be false.

Person1: No, because of the concept of freewill.

Person2: Dude, now that there is some MENTAL GYMNASTICS.

by zerO_One March 15, 2017

Mental Health

Something that no one actually understands.

People who laugh at mental health are sociopaths who deserve to be locked up.

by UltimateDoge March 8, 2021

mental gymnastics

The mental ability to distort the truth even in the face of overwhelming facts

When presented with factual data that President Obama is an American and not a Muslim, the Trump supporters performed all sorts of mental gymnastics to deny the truth.

by deenw September 19, 2016

Mentalist

A sci-fi show about a man who can think.

Have you seen that show Mentalist with Simon Baker? Apparently it's about a man who can think. Move over X-Files.

by surgeonbug April 1, 2009

mental bakedown

handling a mental breakdown by withdrawing into the kitchen and making ridiculous amounts of fattening baked goods (usually followed by eating at least half of it)

work was so stressful i had a mental bakedown and made 6 dozen cupcakes.

by TheDelicious August 30, 2007

Mental Masturbation

Term used by visionless people for the groundbreaking ideas that will shape the future.

What? A box that can carry voices on a wire to another box on the other side of the world? Dude, that is just mental masturbation.

by Pipe Downn March 19, 2013

mental institute

a place where emotionally-troupled or angered teens can go for about a week. mental institutes arent as crazy as everyone thinks they seem.

sora's parents made her go to a mental institutes when they found cuts on her wrist.

by sarahhhh! June 22, 2007