We have the power to sculpt the brain. Today this phrase by Santiago Ramón y Cajal is more widespread than ever, it is our thoughts that, to a large extent, have created and will create our world, today we know that self-confidence, enthusiasm and dreams have the ability to promote higher brain functions.
According to several scientific studies, the brain is exceptionally plastic. This means that it has the ability to change based on experience, depending on how and how much it is used, besides, we do not lose this quality, it can continue to happen throughout life, in fact every time we learn something, mental changes Therefore, we sculpt our brain through the experiences we have.
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- The brain coordinates a complex set of actions involving motor function.
- Visual and auditory processing.
- Verbal linguistic knowledge.
- And more.
Thus, when we learn something new, especially at first, our ability can be rigid, but with practice we acquire some mastery of experience, a capacity that ensures, in the clinical context, the possibility of modifying both anxiety and depressive moods in other processes.
“The mind is not a glass to fill, but a lamp to light. ” – Pluto-
José Dispenza, phD in chiropractic, biochemical and neuroscientist, defends the power of the human being to reinvent himself in the day to day. Believe in the ability to build and direct the brain through personal experience. If every morning we stopped to think about the best idea we could have of ourselves, we would have a different world,” Dispenza says.
In addition, the latest advanced scientific research shows that genetics have the same plasticity as the brain, genes are like switches and, depending on the chemical state of our body, some of them are activated and others are deactivated, a phenomenon known as epigenetics. .
In this sense, a very interesting study was carried out in people with type 2 diabetes, it has been shown that people with this type of diabetes, subjected to comedy programs, normalized their blood sugar without the need for insulin. some genes were activated just by laughing. This discovery opens the door to new interventions and hypotheses.
“Nothing inspires me more reverence and fear than an older person who knows how to change my mind. -Santiago Ramón y Cajal-
Every time we think, we produce chemicals that act as signals that allow us to feel what we think. These substances allow us to automatically change our sense of humor. So if we have negative and unhappy thoughts, that’s how we’ll feel after a few seconds.
The problem with all this is that our thoughts and emotions feed and, as soon as we start to feel in tune with our thoughts, we will also start thinking the same way we feel. Therefore, if we think of sadness and begin to feel Sad, we can fall into very unpleasant states.
Gradually, we memorize this state as our personality and come to think, and even identify ourselves, as unhappy, negative or guilty people; However, all we did was memorize the amount of chemicals that were produced inside us and we defined ourselves according to them.
In addition, we must keep in mind that our body is getting used to the level of chemicals circulating in our bloodstream, surrounding our cells and flooding our brain, any alteration of the constant, regular and comfortable chemical composition of our brain will cause discomfort.
We will do practically everything in our power, consciously and unconsciously from what we feel, to restore the chemical balance to which we were accustomed. But this is the moment when the body rules the mind.
However, the good news is that none of these elements are immobile, with a little effort, knowledge and practice, it is possible to change our mood and the way we feel.
“It is necessary to vigorously shake the forest of sleeping brain neurons; Should we make them vibrate with the excitement of the new and instill noble and lofty concerns in them?-Santiago Ramón y Cajal-