Hack Your Life Series: Change Your Mind, Change Your Life
Seeing is believing … right?? Wrong.
It turns out that believing is actual seeing. This has been a popular belief in New Age circles for a while … and now it’s being confirmed by modern science.
The Observer Effect
In physics, the Observer Effect is “the theory that simply observing a situation or phenomenon necessarily changes that phenomenon.” (Source Wikipedia) It has shown us that the simple act of observing an event can completely change the outcome. First discovered in the “Double Slit Experiment”, it has become classic example of particle physics.
Read more about the Double Slit Experiment here.
It is one of the many strange phenomena discovered by Modern Quantum Physics.
The placebo Effect
For many years, medical professionals have been aware of, and often astonished by, the seemingly magical nature of the Placebo Effect. A component of most medical experiments, using placebos is common practice in medical experiments. The placebo effect was discovered when patients, receiving only sugar pills (a way to test the effectiveness of the drug being tested) ended up recovering at equal, or sometimes better rates then their medicated counterparts.
In these experiments, patients would receive the equal care with one group receiving an active drug while the other group received an inert sugar pill. Simply by being told that they were being treated, many individuals experienced spontaneous recovery. In a recent study over 40% of individuals suffering from depression experienced a decrease in symptoms from placebos alone. Traditional antidepressants performed only slightly better, recording symptom reduction in just over 50% of patients. Turns out the power of the mind is quite strong.
Change Your Mind
These cases show how our powerfully our minds can impact our reality. When we begin to grasp the true power of our minds, we realize how important it is to carefully choose what we believe. Once of the most common, and limiting, beliefs is a lack of self worth. This belief can lead to depression, self deprecating behavior, and in extreme cases, self harm. Changing this belief can bring radical positive change and I am eager to empower more people to begin this transformation.
William James: A Verifiable Smart Dude
Get Ready Folks
Over the next few days I will be posting a variety of techniques to change your beliefs, specifically those tied to self worth. I would love to hear from those who have successfully transformed their self image (tell us how you have done it) as well as those who are still struggling (let us know how we can help). With consistent practice, any belief can be changed. It might not always be fun; however, every moment you spend practicing is making a sizable investment in your future. I hope you have the courage to take the first steps down this path; if not, look to the individuals around you for inspiration. We are truly a big family and it’s about time we start acting as such (I’m looking at you fellow Steemians!)
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Nice article and thanks for sharing! We somehow perceive the world around us, perceive the surrounding reality. When we were children, it seemed to us that this world is full of all kinds of strengths from children's books and fairy tales, hidden from adults, but obvious for us, and we lived in this fairy-tale world. With age, this world gradually disappears from our perception, but it seems to us that something still exists today. In fact, we keep coming back to this.
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Thanks for the awesome post!
The mind is one powerful tool! I just love the Placebo Effect and I use it as an example when talking about weight-loss challenges with my clients! I try to explain to them that 70% of weight loss (especially a complete health life change) is mental. You have to get into the right head space and believe that you can change your life for the better. If you believe it, the actions are more likely to follow. The opposite is also true. If you believe something is going to be hard (like a diet) chances are, it is will be.
Use the mind to your advantage and never let it get the best of you! It is the most powerful tool we have! :)
Great post! :)
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It is very true. Especially at work. I can see people who are "happy go lucky" and everything is easy for them because they have the right attitude and mindset. That is what I look for when I hire new people. :)
Indeed if you can change your mind, then you can change your life
I like this one. Thanks for sharing @metama
We are what we think , great post :)
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Educating and motivating write-up. So inspiring!
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