Your Subconscious Mind...
Your subconscious mind only knows 'what is' and it cannot comprehend the past or the future. It also can't distinguish between reality and imagination…
Have you ever played something over and over in your mind? An event that has happened and you'd wished you had dealt with it in a different way?
You play it over in your mind - but you find yourself having physical reactions, and feeling as if it is happening all over again.
For example: If, one day, you were feeling low or passive and didn't defend yourself in an argument... You probably felt upset at the time or immediately after... So you play it over in your mind. And in your replay, you visualise sticking up for yourself... Even becoming verbal and bordering on being aggressive.
You will have the feelings as though it was happening to you right now! You will probably show signs of it by going red in the face, having sweaty palms or your heart might be racing.
These are typical responses generated by your subconscious mind.
Similarly;
For example: Somebody asked you a question that you didn't want to answer... Like: how much do you earn... or, how heavy are you then... or, how much money do you owe?
Obviously, the list of uncomfortable questions is endless!
You might instantly answer - giving them the correct answer... Then, you would be really annoyed with yourself - asking yourself... ‘why did I tell them, what has it got to do with them’!!??
Or
You may lie to them... Then you would worry that they have seen straight through the lie and that you have made yourself look stupid!
Either way, you will feel anxiety!
This is because, when you re-live an experience in your mind, your subconscious mind believes you’re experiencing the situation all over again - right now - and so it generates its defensive responses. This then gives you - all the bad feelings associated with a 'life threatening' situation.
Even though it wasn’t you that did anything wrong in the first place, you still feel bad and worry!
By learning to understand how your subconscious mind works, you can learn how to control those feelings and help keep anxiety and stress under control.
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