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you once watched. As your subconscious filters and processes the external information, it transforms the visual input into an internal interpretation, transforming the rope into a snake. To protect you, the fight-flight-or-freeze response kicks in, preparing you to defend yourself, run away, or become motionless and invisible to this perceived predator. Finally, after a closer and more conscious inspection, you realize that the snake is a rope. You are safe.
Why does your subconscious make you overlook the keys you are desperately searching for and magnify the mustard stain you don’t want to see? Well, in both cases the subconscious mind is on a mission to protect you. By activating the anxiety response, you’re being prepared for the negative consequences of being late, which could be embarrassment, criticism, or rejection. As your subconscious shifts your awareness from the present to a possibly unpleasant future, most of the available information of your surroundings (your keys) gets deleted. The same intention, to keep you safe, is also true for the mustard stain on your shirt. Your subconscious distorts and blows up the stain to get youready for the judgment and rejection that might await you. Logically, you need to concentrate on what is right in front of you—finding the keys or focusing on the agenda of your meeting; however, subconsciously, you’re already bracing yourself for the worst.
Your response to situations like these depends on the fabric of your subconscious filters. Your fear and anxiety filters dictate how you interpret the danger or safety of your reality. The more prominent these subconscious anxiety filters are, the faster and stronger you react to potential peril such as misplacing your keys or staining your shirt. Your reaction creates more stress, which in turn increases your chance of overlooking your keys and spilling more food.
Remember the anxiety switch in your brain? On a subconscious level, this switch comprises filters that alter your internal perception of yourself and the world in a way that potentially makes you more susceptible to experiencing fear and anxiety. So it makes sense that to break through these emotions and their ensuing behavioral patterns, you need to consciously remove and replace these subconscious filters.
Removing the filters doesn’t mean you will permanently turn off or even dismantle the anxiety switch. As I said before, fear and anxiety are normal and important parts of life. You don’t want to abolish your ability to create these feelings, because they provide you with valuable information and are powerful catalysts for continuous growth and self-empowerment. But what if you could convert the anxiety switch into a dimmer switch—one you learn how to operate with increasing proficiency?
THE MAJOR SUBCONSCIOUS ROOT CAUSES OF FEAR AND ANXIETY
Now you’re aware that our reality and everything we feel and do is largely determined by our subconscious mind and its filters. Usually, the subconscious mind switches and exchanges filters according to the circumstance. For example, one day you might feel quite optimistic and live in the glass-half-full reality. In this state of mind, you might expect great outcomes and opportunities from every situation. Then there are days when you’re far more pessimistic and the glass looks half empty; if your outlook is really bad, the glass is completely empty or nonexistent. On these days, all you notice are obstacles and shortcomings. The easier it is for your subconscious to switch filters, the greater your emotional and mental flexibility. However, you’veprobably noticed that the longer you’ve been struggling with fear and anxiety, the less emotionally and mentally flexible you become. This is because these anxiety filters have become more prominent, entangled, and deeply anchored in your subconscious.
Three particular aspects or filters of our subconscious can be regarded as the root causes of fear and
Why does your subconscious make you overlook the keys you are desperately searching for and magnify the mustard stain you don’t want to see? Well, in both cases the subconscious mind is on a mission to protect you. By activating the anxiety response, you’re being prepared for the negative consequences of being late, which could be embarrassment, criticism, or rejection. As your subconscious shifts your awareness from the present to a possibly unpleasant future, most of the available information of your surroundings (your keys) gets deleted. The same intention, to keep you safe, is also true for the mustard stain on your shirt. Your subconscious distorts and blows up the stain to get youready for the judgment and rejection that might await you. Logically, you need to concentrate on what is right in front of you—finding the keys or focusing on the agenda of your meeting; however, subconsciously, you’re already bracing yourself for the worst.
Your response to situations like these depends on the fabric of your subconscious filters. Your fear and anxiety filters dictate how you interpret the danger or safety of your reality. The more prominent these subconscious anxiety filters are, the faster and stronger you react to potential peril such as misplacing your keys or staining your shirt. Your reaction creates more stress, which in turn increases your chance of overlooking your keys and spilling more food.
Remember the anxiety switch in your brain? On a subconscious level, this switch comprises filters that alter your internal perception of yourself and the world in a way that potentially makes you more susceptible to experiencing fear and anxiety. So it makes sense that to break through these emotions and their ensuing behavioral patterns, you need to consciously remove and replace these subconscious filters.
Removing the filters doesn’t mean you will permanently turn off or even dismantle the anxiety switch. As I said before, fear and anxiety are normal and important parts of life. You don’t want to abolish your ability to create these feelings, because they provide you with valuable information and are powerful catalysts for continuous growth and self-empowerment. But what if you could convert the anxiety switch into a dimmer switch—one you learn how to operate with increasing proficiency?
THE MAJOR SUBCONSCIOUS ROOT CAUSES OF FEAR AND ANXIETY
Now you’re aware that our reality and everything we feel and do is largely determined by our subconscious mind and its filters. Usually, the subconscious mind switches and exchanges filters according to the circumstance. For example, one day you might feel quite optimistic and live in the glass-half-full reality. In this state of mind, you might expect great outcomes and opportunities from every situation. Then there are days when you’re far more pessimistic and the glass looks half empty; if your outlook is really bad, the glass is completely empty or nonexistent. On these days, all you notice are obstacles and shortcomings. The easier it is for your subconscious to switch filters, the greater your emotional and mental flexibility. However, you’veprobably noticed that the longer you’ve been struggling with fear and anxiety, the less emotionally and mentally flexible you become. This is because these anxiety filters have become more prominent, entangled, and deeply anchored in your subconscious.
Three particular aspects or filters of our subconscious can be regarded as the root causes of fear and
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