NLP Memory Manipulation - Change the Content of your Memories |
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Page 1 of 6We’re going to begin with something so obvious that once you get it, you'll be shocked at how many people don’t seem to be in control of it. I have a friend who used to have a phobia of worms, not a very common phobia, and one that doesn't really make much sense. I can’t remember anyone being attacked by a worm; I can’t remember reading stories in the newspapers about deaths caused by worms, and I've personally never had an unfortunate experience with a worm, but well - she was afraid of worms. | |||||||||
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So when I managed to pick myself up off the floor and stop laughing, I had to ask her what was it that made her scared of worm because when I think about a worm, or see a worm, my response is, well, somewhat under-whelming. So, this is what she told me: Whenever I'm gardening, if I put a trowel in the ground and begin to pull it back, I visualize in my mind, a worm coming up with the trowel. Its a really big fat worm, much larger than a usual worm, more like a fair sized snake. I can see the slime all over it. Then as I lift the trowel up, the worm is flicked upwards, really quickly and comes flying up towards my face, covering me in slime. Sometimes it even ends up in my mouth. Yuck. Now I understand why she doesn't like worms! So even though this actual event never happened to her, and was ‘all in the mind’ the idea of it was so horrible that unconsciously she believed this was going to happen if she dug the garden. One of the keys here is that your brain is not quite as clever as you think it is, and for some people its not even that clever! In fact your brain cannot really tell the difference between what happens on the outside and what happens on the inside. My friend's brain reacted to the idea of a worm flying into her face in exactly the same way it would have reacted if it was a common event, and was really likely to happen when she dug the garden. But don’t worry, because there is one important difference between the inside and the outside - You can change the things on the inside. |
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Custom StatesPosted May 28, 2010 at 05:33 Maybe you should check the article on NLP state management elsewhere on the site and create yourself a custom state. Put something like playfullness in to prevent you being too serious about the whole thing. Playing around with different states is really cool and a good way to build some flexibility into your behaviors. No TitlePosted October 15, 2010 at 20:22 Great Amazing articlePosted November 15, 2010 at 08:17 Amazing article. Thanks for writing it. CheersPosted November 15, 2010 at 13:32
Thanks for your feedback Jolly. SimplePosted November 23, 2010 at 18:42 This lesson was simple, yet filled with so much information. And reader friendly information at that. Excellent lesson, thank you so much. Thanks rrobigoldPosted November 23, 2010 at 21:19 Good to see the information was of interest. Nice ArticlePosted December 27, 2010 at 13:38 thanks for this article. It would be nice to have a forum on this site. Thanks SashaPosted December 31, 2010 at 10:30
Glad you enjoyed the article. Great ArticlePosted November 9, 2011 at 20:48 Thanks for a simple, readable,article that engages all the senses. Freeing the mind from the manipulation of memory, what's beyond this? ThanksPosted December 19, 2011 at 11:12
This was a great article and I especially like the explanation of the V.A.K. model done with such ease. | |||||||||
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Powerful around women?
Posted May 14, 2010 at 10:40
Making yourself feel more powerful around people you find intimidating is good and useful, but doesn't feel right in the situation where I am trying to talk to a woman who makes me feel uncomfortable. What would you use for that?