Your subconscious mind

Now, I am confused. I thought you had your conscious mind, your unconscious mind, and your subconscious mind.

Here’s the skinny…your unconscious and subconscious minds are one and the same. “In contrast, your subconscious mind is always working in the background, but you are not necessarily aware of it. Sometimes called the unconscious mind, your subconscious mind?contains all of the stored information of everything you have ever experienced.” — Brian Tracy

Since the subconscious and unconscious are the same and I had already written about the unconscious, I wasn’t sure how to continue this post.

… Self-sabotage

“Behavior is said to be self-sabotaging when it creates problems in daily life and interferes with long-standing?goals. The most common self-sabotaging behaviors include?procrastination, self-medication?with drugs or?alcohol, comfort eating, and forms of?self-injury?such as cutting.” — Psychology Today In my post on the unconscious vs. conscious mind, I talk about modalities to use when “re-training” your brain. But first, one must identify the bad behavior. One way to do this is to see if your behavior aligns with your long-term goals and/or values. If it doesn’t then you know what you need to work on. Another is to take the quiz below from Psychology Today.

Self-sabotage Quiz

Looking at my life, I can identify several self-sabotaging behaviors besides the previously mentioned eating too fast. This year I want to lose weight yet I snack after dinner and often feel too lazy to exercise. What gives? More precisely, what is my subconscious mind telling me? Easy… ”Why bother?! The weight hasn’t stayed off in the past.” Yesterday, my fitness trainer commended me on maintaining my weight. I am neither losing weight nor gaining. I decided to combat my “why bother” attitude and work on sustaining my weight. This can only be done through exercise, portion control, and less snacking. If this works, I will have successfully overridden my self-sabotage and gotten back in good shape.

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