Perceptions

People react according to their perceptions. Perception is generally affected by our knowledge and experiences. No one can have an identical perception of a situation or event.

You kept hearing people telling you to change your perception or the most commonly used "Change your mindset!" I wonder how many really understand perception and mindset when they made such comments.

Basic logic, if you don't know the make-up of something, changing it will be an uphill task.

Now that we understand what affects our perception, the question will be whether we can do something about our knowledge and experiences. After all, they are as real as can be when we learnt them.

Well, good news! Yes, you can do something about these experiences of yours. They are kept within your subconscious mind. Identify the experiences that caused you to develop the undesirable perception or behaviour. Recognises it and consciously make changes to it.

Such remote access is possible through team effort of the person concern and a hypnotherapist. Alternatively, you could learn self-hypnosis techniques and do it yourself.

Therefore, stop saying "I can't help it!"; "I also don't know why I reacted this way. It's really out of my control." Stop because control is not the issue here. Our courage to admit that we need some assistance in gaining control of our life is.