WHAT IS THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND AND WHY IT IS SO IMPORTANT IN EATING DISORDERS? positivetranceformations.com.au
THE SUBCONSCIOUS
MIND IS MORE
LIKE A HIDDEN LEVEL OF AWARENESS FROM WHERE PROCESSES AND BEHAVIOURS ARE GENERATED.
FROM THIS LEVEL
OF MIND BEHAVIOURS BECOME AUTOMATED, AS
THOUGH THEY ARE RUN ON AUTO PILOT, SO TO SPEAK.
PERSONAL HABITS AND ADDICTIONS ARE ALSO GENERATED FROM THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND. BECAUSE EATING DISORDERS ARE AUTOMATIC ACTIONS OR COMPULSIONS
BASED ON FOOD AND BODY WEIGHT, THE SUFFERER UNCONSCIOUSLY DISREGARDS ANY CONSCIOUS UNDERSTANDING OF THEIR ACTIONS, WHICH ARE OVERIDEN BY THE EMOTIONAL DRIVERS OF THE SUBCONSCIOUS BEHAVIOUR.
TO HELP
YOU UNDERSTAND MORE ABOUT THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND, YOU MIGHT LIKE TO TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO READ THIS NON-TECHNICAL EXPLANATION.
CONSCIOUS VS SUBCONSCIOUS MIND
WHERE ARE THE CONSCIOUS AND THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND LOCATED IN THE BRAIN?
OUR BRAIN CONSISTS OF TWO HALVES, CALLED HEMISPHERES.
BOTH HEMISPHERES
ARE COVERED BY A THICK LAYER CALLED THE CORTEX. THE
CORTEX IS THE CONSCIOUS PART OF THE BRAIN, THE PART WE THINK WITH AND WHICH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR LOGICAL THINKING.
BUT THIS PART OF THE BRAIN IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR FEELINGS. ANOTHER SMALL PART OF OUR BRAIN LIES BETWEEN THE TWO HEMISPHERES AND CONNECTS THEM.
THIS LITTLE
PART IS CALLED THE LIMBIC SYSTEM. THE LIMBIC SYSTEM IS INVOLVED IN REGULATING EMOTIONS, FIGHT OR FLIGHT RESPONSES, MOTIVATIONS AND HABITS
IN ADDITION, PARTS OF THE LIMBIC SYSTEM, THE AMYGDALA AND HIPPOCAMPUS, ARE PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT.
THE LIMBIC SYSTEM DOES NOT HAVE CONSCIOUSNESS OR THOUGHTS IN WORDS, ONLY FEELINGS. IN OTHER WORDS, THE LIMBIC SYSTEM IS WHAT WE CALL OUR SUBCONSCIOUS MIND.
ALTHOUGH THIS IS ONLY A SMALL PART OF THE HUMAN BRAIN IT USES ABOUT
90% OF THE CAPACITY OF THE MIND (SOME SOURCES EVEN SAY 95%).
THE SUBCONSCIOUS IS SO POWERFUL THAT WHEN IT COMES TO A CONTEST
BETWEEN THE CONSCIOUS, LOGICAL MIND AND THE UNCONSCIOUS PART OF THE MIND, THE SUBCONSCIOUS WILL ALWAYS WIN.
THAT IS WHY PEOPLE
ARE CONTROLLED BY THEIR FEELINGS AND EMOTIONS OVER ALL ELSE.
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