"Every experience we've had in our lives has become a building block
in our inner world, governing our reactions to everything and every
person we encounter. When we "learn" something, the experience is
physically stored within networks of brain cells called "neurons."
These networks actually form our unconscious mind, determining how our
brain interprets the world around us and governing how we feel from
moment to moment. These memories include experiences that took place
years ago, and our conscious mind is often unaware that they have any
impact on us at all. But since the memories are physically stored in
the brain, they can pop up outside our control in response to "Roses are
red," just as they color our view of every new situation we encounter.
They can cause us to feel unattractive when we're not. Depressed when
everyone else around us is happy. And they can leave us feeling
heart-sick if someone leaves us--even if we know consciously that the
person is terrible for us and continuing the relationship would be a big
mistake. Basically, many of the feelings and actions that undermine
our happiness are symptoms that stem from this memory that forms the
unconscious." - Francine Shapiro, Ph.D. in Getting Past Your Past
Our
past experiences color our present. Our past experiences can help us
or hinder us depending how we have processed those experiences. We need
to be healthy enough so that even past traumas don't keep the good of
today out of our lives.
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