I underestimated how solid the hardwiring from my childhood would be. I can be fully aware of a pathological response and it’s origin story, but awareness doesn’t do a damn bit of good to change it unless I put in consistent, incremental work in rewiring my responses.
Wake up, grow up, & clean up (taking longer than anticipated) to reduce force-fitting outdated paradigms and past based responses on present situations. I can now make better decisions based on the past, present, and desired future moment by moment.https://twitter.com/LifeMathMoney/status/1172765393737269250 …
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Yess! Only responsibly choosing a different behavior will do the job because we don’t have “benefits” data for this cost benefit analysis. We have an unknown for new behavior, so it requires courage and an understanding that the current pathological behavior is not working.
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Can relate to the longer-than-anticipated "clean up"! What was the most helpful practices or models you found for reducing past-based responses?
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So far it has been a combination of (1) Anapana/vipassana to better catch the reactions and (2) a year long program where we trigger each other, distinguish the past, and choose a rational decision in everyday life. I supplement with realization therapy for processing deep trauma
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