We tend to go through life taking things for granted. Never wondering why we think the way we do or we do the things we do.
When we think about conditioning we tend to think we are the ones in control. We ignore the impact out environment has when looking at ourselves and take many processes, fundamental to our development for granted.
Our language and culture, for example, is something we don't have any say in. We grow up learning a certain language and framework on which we'll keep building throughout our lives.
It's fascinating to see how we don't build houses on a weak foundation, but never question our early on built-in framework.
Yet, these dynamics define our everyday interactions and decisions, as our actions (and thoughts) happen subconsciously and our conditioning lays down the foundation of these processes while growing up.
We accept it as part of our story, our identity so we can feel unique and special.
Being aware of these processes and some insight in Neuroscience can highly increase the control we have over ourselves. This is why I recently started looking a bit into this area and will be posting on this as well in the near future!
No worries, I got us covered! <3
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