metacognitive ataxia

I was interested in some sort of bad mental state X that people fall into. But I couldn't think of a good word to describe it.

For a long time, the term "[problems caused by the elderly (esp. gerontocracy, and elderly people's control over the young)" was used.

However, I began to think that this is not an appropriate expression because "it can occur regardless of age.

This is a vivid metaphor, and it helped me visualize the situation.

On the other hand, it's too vivid and looks like "mere abuse".

The expression "in a state of mind X" would be described as "smelly."

consider further

The essence of the problem is that you can no longer recognize that your cognition is in a strange state (= smells stinky).

Hence the term "metacognitive ataxia."

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