Inquiry on the nervous system and unknown
Module 1 of Living in Transformation certification course has been asking us to look at how we relate to the unknown.
What I keep running into is this: Can my “resistance to change” mostly be my nervous system reacting to unfamiliarity itself?
Which made me curious — if the brain is already rehearsing futures every day through worry and anticipated failure… could it also learn to rehearse possibility?
And could repeated exposure to unfamiliarity — even imagined or through learning something new — gradually help the nervous system become less defended against the unknown?
Original post IG @soulmindhub
Referenced Sources:
Sharot — The Optimism Bias (2011)
Sharot et al. — “Neural Mechanisms Mediating Optimism Bias” (2007)
Schacter et al. — “Episodic Future Thinking” (2012)
Carousels updated for the Pivot Point
What I keep running into is this: Can my “resistance to change” mostly be my nervous system reacting to unfamiliarity itself?
Which made me curious — if the brain is already rehearsing futures every day through worry and anticipated failure… could it also learn to rehearse possibility?
And could repeated exposure to unfamiliarity — even imagined or through learning something new — gradually help the nervous system become less defended against the unknown?
Original post IG @soulmindhub
Referenced Sources:
Sharot — The Optimism Bias (2011)
Sharot et al. — “Neural Mechanisms Mediating Optimism Bias” (2007)
Schacter et al. — “Episodic Future Thinking” (2012)
Carousels updated for the Pivot Point
by Dasyati
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