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Getting Unstuck
Kick Old Habits, Make Lasting Change
Written by Mark Hiscox
If you have an old habit you’re trying to break or something in your life you can’t seem to change, I’ve got news for you. It’s consciously not your fault. That’s right, consciously not your fault. What do I mean by that?|
Your subconscious thoughts
may be sabotaging you. |
You’re not creating lasting change because your subconscious is not supporting what you consciously desire. This might sound strange at first. But it makes sense when you look at examples. That’s why some people lose weight only to gain it back again. Or why you get out of a bad relationship only to find yourself in another one. Or why some people suffer from phobias. Everyone tries so hard to make changes, but something draws them back, and they can’t figure out why. Well, its your subconscious.
No matter how much you try to change, your subconscious thoughts may be sabotaging you, because they are so ingrained in you they become beliefs. Without knowing it, these subconscious beliefs keep change from happening, or keep change from lasting.
Let me explain…
What’s Really Controlling Your Thoughts?
All your current actions, thoughts and beliefs are dictated by what is stored in your mind. Studies show that as early as conception, your subconscious mind stores data from every outside influence. This includes your mother’s feelings during her pregnancy, your childhood, every person you ever met.
Every one of your life experiences – no matter how small – is filed away in your mind. It can be something as casual as an offhand comment you heard when you were 3 years old. Or the scent of your mother’s clothes. Or the taste of your Grandma’s chocolate cake. Nothing is ever forgotten. You may not recall them, but they’re all locked tightly in your subconscious.
Notice how I said you might not recall them? That’s because your mind is divided into 3 stages of consciousness: your conscious, your subconscious and your super conscious. For now, we’ll just look at your conscious and subconscious.
Your Conscious Mind and Your Actions
Your conscious mind is generally there to make decisions. It sets goals and judges results. It generally focuses on the past and future. And it likes new, creative ideas. Your conscious mind contains all your short-term memory skills. This is how you remember names during cocktail parties, quick grocery lists or errands for the day.
Since your conscious mind is based on short-term memory, it figures out how to do things based on past experiences. So you quickly decide what is important, what you believe in or agree with.
The interesting part is your conscious mind is mainly based on your subconscious beliefs. So your conscious takes the billions of data bits collected in your subconscious over all the years and makes decisions based off of that information. In fact, Dr. Emmanuel Donchin, Director of the Laboratory for Cognitive Psychophysiology at the University of Illinois says up to 99% of your conscious decisions are based on your subconscious memories.
Your Subconscious: The True Powerhouse
Picture your mind as a powerful computer that stores every bit of data it sees, smells, hears or feels. For instance, your mind is so powerful that even when you’re not looking, it registers every license plate of every car you’ve ever driven past! Inside your mind is stored every conversation you had. Every TV show you’ve watched, every book you’ve read. You even continue to collect and store information when you’re unconscious under anesthesia!
You’re a walking super computer of long-term memory. Your subconscious is so powerful, it’s estimated to be 1 million times more powerful than your conscious mind. By storing so much data, you learn and remember things. You develop skills and habits. For example, when you get into your car and drive, do you think about where to put your hands? Or how much pressure to put on the gas pedal? Of course not. That’s your subconscious at work.
By storing so much data, your subconscious also helps you form your opinions, attitudes, values and beliefs. This dictates your day-to-day actions that make you consistently and inherently…you.
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