Let us pretend that all good has already embraced us to reach us earlier, we pretend that we are already happy with our emotions to convince ourselves, to believe every day with firmness and conviction that we deserve what we desire is not an act of selfishness. In fact, this is the first step towards personal growth.
Think about it for a moment: if we are not convinced that we can and must come out of a depression, an unhappy relationship or a job that puts our rights at stake, no one else will. Getting out of those black holes in the life you’ve been submerged in has been you, and the way you’ve achieved it is certainly through an iron will and a thought that had a clear purpose.
- “You deserve the best of the best.
- Because it is these people who.
- In this miserable world.
- Remain honest with themselves.
- -Frida Khalo-.
Nowadays it is very common to see interesting books, books and publications where we are encouraged to become the CEO of our own brain The goal, above all, is to expose the need for all of us to understand how the brain works to make it work. have more control over their processes.
In fact, if there is one thing that we all know for a long time is that human beings are a complex entity guided and dominated by emotions, they are the ones that surprise us, guide us, numb us with dopamine, serotonin and oxytocin and sometimes lead us to that chemical shipwreck that suffocates us in permanent states of sadness and impotence.
But sometimes it is also very necessary to position ourselves as CEO of our own brain in order to take control and orient ourselves towards change, well-being, let’s see how to do it.
Overcoming the prejudice of negativism in our own brain to promote positive neuroplasticity is not easy, is it not, first of all, because many of us have in the brain a?CEO?, addicted to practicing self-criticism and focusing every time on the same limiting ideas and attitudes like a little hamster who spins his toy wheel.
Many experts in human behavior call this very common practice “child logic. ” In other words, these are times when we simply allow ourselves to be hijacked by our negative emotions to the point of absolute immaturity. To better understand this, let’s think about a simple example: a mistake we made at work. This mistake in turn meant that other people would suffer the consequences of this recklessness.
Does our mind keep repeating all the time? I’m stupid, I’m not good at it. In turn, the brain further intensifies the state, reminding you of the mistakes of the past, and even every time in your home, they said you were “wrong. “
Your emotions caught you on this hamster wheel, intensifying the negative feeling until you blocked it, until you plunged into a state of total helplessness. Instead of saying, ‘I made a mistake, I’ll learn from it and tomorrow I’ll make it better,’ he simply chose to hook up an adjective that says “I’m an idiot. “
This type of negative trend that characterizes us at different times in our lives is guided by very well defined processes, it is our moods that take over.
To become a true CEO of our own brains, we must take the reins of these mental processes as if we were the true leaders, not a subordinate who lets himself be mastered.
Neuroscience allows us to understand why we sometimes get carried away by these negative emotions. An overactive amygdala, for example, also likes to put us in the corner of fear all the time. In fact, according to recent Harvard University research, the cerebellum, still linked to our motor activity, may also be related to our emotional balance.
“When you allow yours to do, you attract what you need
As we see, the brain is an entity where emotions have power and where mental processes often flow according to them, adopting a passive attitude in these cases involves fostering personal abandonment and a manifest inability to be responsible for our own happiness.
Let’s see below how we can start promoting positive, useful and useful neuroplasticity to achieve vital goals.
Think like we’re happy to end up being happy. Is this a fantasy of a cheap self-help manual?Not really; this phrase involves deep internal mechanisms on which to reflect through four simple questions.
These last two topics are related. If what I feel all day is fear and insecurity, it’s obvious that I won’t get out of the black hole I find myself in, however, if I try to convince myself that I’m strong, that I’m capable and that I deserve what I deserve. I want with firm thoughts, day after day, that the door to a second chance will open before us.
Images courtesy of Akira Kusava.