One of the first researchers to explore the connection between consciousness and reality, neurophysiologist Joe Dispenza discovered that the brain cannot distinguish mental experiences from physical ones.  In other words, for the brain, mental pain and physical pain are one and the same.

After only 9 months of working with his method, Joe was able to walk again.

This prompted him to continue researching “spontaneous remissions” - mysterious recoveries without drug intervention.  Conversations with people who experienced spontaneous remission convinced him that the power of thought can influence matter and be healing.

Any situation in life creates a huge number of neural connections, which in turn directly affect our physical condition. Repeated experiences strengthen these connections, turning them into neural networks. Thus, neural networks remember reactions to similar events.

The spontaneity of our reactions is a myth. In fact, neural networks program our behavior and stimuli (situations or experiences) only activate one or another program already recorded in neural networks, which in turn trigger chemical reactions in the body.

We freeze, run, rejoice or cry solely under the influence of chemical reactions that were launched by neural networks. Our past experience determines almost 100% of our reaction in the future.

According to the science of neurophysiology, all nerves that are used together are connected, that is, they create a neural network. And vice versa, if repeated experience does not occur for a long time, such a network disintegrates.

We can say that habits, automatic reactions and conditioned reflexes are the result of activation of the same neural network.

On the other hand, this mechanism opens up enormous opportunities for us. After all, in this way we can weaken or strengthen the neural networks we need with the help of awareness and focused attention.

The brain, contrary to old ideas, is not static, but is constantly changing under the influence of new experiences. To prove this, the following experiment was conducted: one group of people had to press a spring for an hour, and the other only imagined that they were doing it. As the results showed, the muscles responsible for this operation strengthened by 30% in the first group and by 22% in the second.  Corresponding changes in the body occur regardless of whether the experience occurs in the imagination or in reality.

Both negative and positive thoughts shape the reactions that would occur when experiencing a real positive or negative experience. At the same time, we learn a certain emotional response and, as a result, step on the same rake.

In a sense, your body becomes dependent on certain chemicals that are released when running programs learned by neural networks.

Understanding this relationship gives us the opportunity to free ourselves from the captivity of such dependence.

Here are some ideas to help you start making changes.

1.       Be aware of your negative behavior

2.      In the morning, tell yourself: “Today I won’t...”

And choose one of your negative reactions (irritation, complaints, condemnation, resentment)

3.      Change the order of your usual actions (if you drank tea with sweets after breakfast, take and drink tea before breakfast)

4.      Change your behavior spontaneously. For example, instead of judging, find the positive side and give thanks.

5.      Break the usual way of things.

6.      Get used to awareness and self-talk.

7.      Ask yourself, “Why am I feeling bad right now?” “Why am I not doing what I want?” “What’s stopping me?” “What needs to be changed?”

Mindfulness breaks routine and automaticity - you begin revolutionary changes. This is why psychotherapy for psychosomatic experiences works so well.

With the onset of awareness of the causes of the disease, the body can no longer produce the same biochemical reaction that led to the disease. New thoughts - new biochemistry - new body - new health.

The same thing happens in addiction psychotherapy, it is biochemical reactions that push us towards obsessive-compulsive behavior. You crave the hormones that are released into your bloodstream when certain thoughts arise. The impact of these elements itself does not last long - on average up to 120 seconds. The rest of the time, your thoughts trigger a repeated release of hormones in order to maintain an addictive state.

It turns out that you yourself choose what state you should be in.

If you suddenly switch your attention to something else (take a walk, for example), you can dampen the hormonal effects. This way you become more neuroplastic.

New thoughts give rise to new behavior, and therefore new experiences that begin to affect your body.

It is a mistake to associate your behavior with your “I-image”, that is, who the person is. If you say about yourself “I’m a loser,” then the body is trying to implement this program in reality.  On the contrary, you must first clearly imagine how you want to see yourself and what positive events will happen, and the body will help you tune in biochemically so that this will definitely happen and thereby confirm the program that you have laid down with your imagination. Psychotherapy will help you realize the wrong beliefs in your life.

If you are grateful for the fact that the expected event has already happened and relaxingly rejoice at the imaginary outcome, then you will help the birth of these events on a quantum level.

Just as negative expectations give rise to a negative outcome “I knew it (() and we don’t think about it, so too do positive expectations give rise to positive changes.

To develop your neuroplasticity, continuously learn something new. New connections that arise when gaining new knowledge and new experiences develop your awareness and accordingly train your ability to model the reality that you want to see in your life. You can seek help from a psychotherapist by clicking on the button below.

Take action and you will succeed!