An Explanation Of How Your Subconscious Mind Rules Your Behavior

By Virginia Hamilton


At every step of life, a person makes a lot of decisions and take actions every now and then. Interestingly, you are seldom in control. Many people are often misled to think that they are in full control of their actions, which is so far from the truth. A person cannot be in full control of their conduct whatsoever. Reason being, not all actions are consequences of the conscious decisions. In fact, most often such actions are controlled by the subconscious awareness. Most emotions and actions happen in split seconds. If you are wondering how it happens, here is how your subconscious mind rules your behavior.

The unconscious thought works differently from the conscious thought, with the former being more powerful than the latter. Though not often easy to access and control, if you can access and control unconscious awareness, you will be capable of doing lots of extraordinary things with the thoughts. The unconscious mind possesses way much more information than the conscious awareness.

The unconscious awareness is largely responsible for the way we behave, and even if there is no conviction available, it would still influence human actions. A person's actions are consequences of their emotions, and since the unconscious awareness is responsible for controlling emotions, it would be empirical to conclude that the unconscious thought is the major influencer of the individual's behavior.

An individual can help in controlling his/her thoughts. There is a theory that separates the awareness into three parts which include the id, the ego as well as the superego. The theory further states that the unconscious thought contains most of the emotions, impulses, and beliefs. The ego, on the other hand, loves to control people. You can stop it from controlling you by integrating it with other identities of thoughts.

The unconscious thought is like a huge memory bank. This is why it is the most important part of awareness. You can store a vast amount of information in the unconscious awareness that the conscious thought cannot. It stores everything that has ever happened to you in life right from childhood to the current moment.

The unconscious awareness preserves balance. It ensures that you breathe regularly and maintains the heart rate to its required number of beats. Similarly, the unconscious mind controls the body temperature and keeps it at the required level every time. It harmonizes the thoughts and actions with the things that you might have done or said in the past.

The unconscious thought is subjective in nature. The unconscious awareness stores all the habits for thought and behaving. Therefore, it has memorized all the comfort zones and always works to keep you there at all times. This explains the physical and emotional discomfort you may experience when you encounter something not familiar or different.

Understanding the unconscious thoughts can help improve your relationship with other people. It will help you staying control of any fears that may be present in the subconscious that may have been put there by past painful or unpleasant occurrences. You will be able to judge people more accurately and be more realistic in your reactions in certain situations.




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