Understanding your psychology
I was recommended to ‘understand my own psychology’ on a visualisation CD yesterday. (I don’t think the unusual summer sun had gone to my head!) What does that mean? OK, I’d love to spend more time on psychology study, but that’s not a priority! Presumably it just means the way we think about things, what makes us tick. I found it strangely encouraging that it reflected my blog title in that we are all different, unique.
If you currently feel you’re struggling, somehow not doing what you’re supposed to be doing, or just generally there’s something that’s difficult, maybe it’s just the way your brain works, what it’s used to thinking, how you formulate your opinions. Would it serve you better to think another way? Look at family, colleagues, peers, how do they deal with similar circumstances and think what you can learn from them, rather than say to yourself “I’m not like that”. We don’t always have to try hard to change our habits, to improve things; rather we can put more emphasis on our thinking.
Recently I came across an article in Psychology Today about disturbed sleep patterns. Encouragingly, it advised to relax and let the body right itself. There is a chance that your subconscious gets into the habit of thinking of the bedroom as the place to be awake!
Perhaps one view of ‘difficulty’ is that it’s the brain’s feedback control telling us to relax first of foremost. Then if we sense the existence of a bad habit, we can move to an alternate approach with more ease!
What aspects of you could it help to think differently about?
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August 6th, 2007 at 7:11 pm
A good friend of mine has taught me how to relax at night. I start off with a tour around my garden. It’s my ’safe’ place. I then go through the fairy door - oh yes there really is one in my garden! The other side is a tunnel of trees that filters the glorious shineshine which falls like raindrops onto the moss green ground below. Small animals scamper as I move towards the other end of the tree tunnel.
And at that end there is a natural amphitheater where I sit and watch my thoughts come and go. Whilst I can hear them; they can’t hear me and so I don’t try to engage with those thoughts. Then I am asleep!
Thank you Harvey!