NLP Submodalities - Change your Reality

By Chris Harrison - Posted July 2007

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So what happened?

Commonly, people will report that bringing the picture closer makes the feeling stronger, and pushing it away lessens the feeling, and that this works exactly the same whether the feeling is positive or negative.

If you discovered this, then well done.

If not, don’t worry, while this particular response is common, it is not compulsory.

The aim of the next exercise is to work out which submodalities effect how you feel, and which ones don’t.

Exercise 1:

Using the image from the last trial, go through the following list, and for each of the submodalities, change the image in both directions, and make a note of what difference to your feeling the shifts make.

As before, once you have finished each shift, put the image back how it was before you started.

If you would like to print out the grids used in this Lesson then refer to the Submodality Worksheet.


Submodality   Result   Result
Brightness Make the Image Dimmer   Make the Image Brighter  
Position Move the Image Further Away   Move the Image Closer  
Color Remove color from image (turn to B&W)   Enhance the Image Color  
Focus Blur the Image   Sharpen the Image  
Size Make the image smaller   Make the image larger  
Distance Push the image off into the distance   Bring the image closer  
Movement Make the image still   Add movement to the image  
Border Give the image a border   Make the image fill your view (panoramic)  
Associated Ensure that the picture is 'though your own eyes'   See yourself in the image  

One thing to notice is that the last three of these shifts work in a different way to the others. The first shifts are all analogue, in that there is a constant shift, i.e. when changing the distance of an image there are an infinite number of different possibilities, but with association (for example), you are either in the picture or not. There is no in between.


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Struggling

Posted  May 8, 2010 at 12:43

When I try to visualize something I find that it's really blurry. So blurry that whenever I try and work out how a the particular submodalities 'look' I really can't tell.

Also, if I try and move an image around, I can't get it to stay where I want, and it just moves around.

It's really frustrating. How can I make my images clearer?

Nick, Glasgow

No Need to Struggle

Posted  May 14, 2010 at 20:17

Firstly, this issue comes up a lot. Surprisingly, many people think that they visualize worse than other people, but the truth is that no one really knows how well anyone else visualizes. The best thing to do is to keep practicing. When it comes to stabilizing images, practice should help you. If one of the exercises asks you a question about an images submodalities and you're not sure of the answer, then guess - you'll find that this will do fine.

Chris Harrison, UK

Like light at the end of the tunnel

Posted  January 22, 2012 at 23:26

I have an unusual, but by no means unique, phobia that I'm only just getting to grips with. I tried this exercise on an unrelated memory from my childhood that definitely made me squirm when I thought of it. But now it's gone off into the distance and does all by itself whenever I think of it. I don't get that horrible feeling anymore. And it was SUCH a physical feeling. I'm starting to believe my fears can be conquered.

Jenny, Florida

Great Stuff!

Posted  January 25, 2012 at 13:30

Good Stuff, Jenny. There is something really rewarding when you come to test a submodality change and the picture zooms off automatically.

Chris Harrison, UK
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