Comments on: Train your brain

By: Dale

Dale — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 11:38:41 +0000

The brain is a very powerful thing and obviously controls all we do, it quite simply drives the body. Coming from the world of professional sport i am aware of the importance of a healthy diet. However it is very difficult for some people to break their unhealthy habits The main reason for this is they are operating in the subconscious- doing without thinking-habit. Unconscious competence is quite simply doing something well(negative or positive)with very little conscious thought. For instance driving whilst doing or thinking about something else(talking, listening and noticing) A technique for trying to give up eating chocolate for instance is to make an association with something visually that you find disgusting and would never under any circumstances put in your mouth. We as humans first visualise/make a picture of what we think about before we do something. It occurs at a subconscious level so we are not aware of it. The trick is to bring the visual association to our consciousness. So the next time you imagine eating chocolate think about the disgusting thing in great detail, see it ,smell it and even imagine tasting it time and time again. You will create an association over time where just the thought of chocolate will disgust you and you will have smashed the habit. Rread more on my website more2me.co.uk

By: Helen

Helen — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 16:14:38 +0000

I reckon one of the best things to tell your brain is that ‘you are stronger than whatever it is you are craving’ its a sort of self build up thing – worked for me anyway
helen

By: Sam

Sam — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 22:20:08 +0000

hey steve, I am too in a habbit of snacking and i think train our brain would help to overcome that.

By: Devesh

Devesh — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 22:17:00 +0000

Hey Steve,
I’ve just quit smoking, about 2 days or so… although i’m on patches, the psychological connection to craving the cigarette doesn’t go away. I’m going to try your method for the next few days and see how it work

Cheerio
-D

By: Robyn

Robyn — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 10:22:36 +0000

Hi Steve, what you say here is so true. For instance, some university students have the idea they can’t write a paper. One of the reasons they might not do well at writing is that they have given their brain a wrong message. It’s amazing what happens when I show students how to turn this around.

By: Ben

Ben — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 02:12:40 +0000

I used to have a very heavy daily habit of drinking soft drink/soda, particularly Coca Cola. Over the past decade I had many unsuccessful attempts in giving this habit up. My latest attempt has been very successful because I know from past experience that after several days of not drinking Coca Cola, when I gave in and had some I found the taste really horrible. So every time that I feel like a soft drink now, my immeadiate thought is horrible it’s going to taste.

I also set up a method of tracking how many consecutive days I haven’t had any soft drink, and my thoughts get very excited every time I hit another ten days in a row milestone.

As a bonus I have lost some weight after a few months of no soft drinks.

I think the key with training one’s brain is to accept that it may take a number of attempts to find the “best” training exercise for the goal in mind.

By: Alan

Alan — Wed, 30 May 2007 01:21:38 +0000

True. We only have to train our brain more often if we want to have an agreement. We know that it’s hard to control some of the things that we want, especially if it’s in our routine.

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 29 May 2007 07:43:14 +0000

Very helpful tip. I agree with you that if we train our brain to avoid those things, we will surely react based on impulse and it will slowly become a belief.