To get rid of negative thoughts, you first need to understand why they're triggered in the first place. Only then can we talk about how to get rid of them| PsychMechanics
When you experience a traumatic event, your mind perceives great danger and goes into survival mode. When your mind is in survival mode, your senses| PsychMechanics
Thoughts can be conscious (voluntary) or subconscious (involuntary). If I ask you to solve a math problem, you’ll use your reasoning or conscious thought.| PsychMechanics
When people talk about suddenly remembering old memories, the memories they’re referring to are usually autobiographical or episodic memories. As the name| PsychMechanics
It’s tempting to think our memory works like the memory of a video recorder, in that it replays information exactly as recorded. This isn’t always the| PsychMechanics
“Most misunderstandings in the world could be avoided if people would simply take the time to ask, ‘What else could this mean?’” - Shannon Alder The| PsychMechanics
You’ve probably come across one of those people who believe they receive signs from the universe. Maybe you’re one of them. I certainly have thought this| PsychMechanics
Insight learning is a type of learning that happens suddenly, in the flash of a moment. It’s those “a-ha” moments, the light bulbs that people typically get| PsychMechanics