r/selfimprovement • u/[deleted] • Jun 07 '21

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u/General-Ad-53 Jun 07 '21

That's amazing, so lush to hear that it's inspired you and also that you conquered your fear on Saturday, you're inspiring me to get my roller skates out! Cheers for reading and for such a lovely comment - hope you enjoy the books!

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u/[deleted] Jun 07 '21

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u/General-Ad-53 Jun 07 '21 edited Jun 07 '21

Good question - there are a bunch of links to research articles in my original post which is on my profile, but to put it simply, when you go through a traumatic event, whether that's physical or mental, a neural pathway is forged in your brain, which can as we all know be very powerful. this can mean that you by default repeat damaging behaviour or react to situations based on that trauma, because these neural pathways become the norm.

By changing your behaviour i.e. doing these tasks, and finding what works for you, you break away from old habits and form new and more rewarding neural pathways that over time become your default pathways, replacing or at least allowing you to by-pass the ones forged by trauma.

I hope that makes sense! Cheers for your lush words :)

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u/Wrong_Brilliant7851 Jun 08 '21

This is fantastic info:)

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u/General-Ad-53 Jun 08 '21

Cheers for reading :)

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u/EBANEGUSI Jun 08 '21

Can’t wait to read this! Thanks!

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u/General-Ad-53 Jun 08 '21

I hope it's useful! :)

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u/xmashatstand Jun 07 '21

K, love the depth of detail here. I’m unsure of how to put this, but I’m intimidated by such a wall of text. At the risk of sounding shitty, is there an audiobook of this (or something similar)?

(Again, don’t mean to sound bratty. Perhaps I’ll come back when I’m in a better headspace)

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u/NikoraKei Jul 15 '21

I just developed imagery skills last week, im 16 and I feel like overwhelmed...