The more I’ve learned about #neuroscience and #trauma,
the more I’ve realized that the lies we’re told by society about #individualism, rationalism and human agency/choice have DEEPLY confused us about
why we suffer and how we heal.
A quick 🧵
the more I’ve realized that the lies we’re told by society about #individualism, rationalism and human agency/choice have DEEPLY confused us about
why we suffer and how we heal.
A quick 🧵
.We desperately want to believe that we make our own choices based on our own logic.
But #neuroscience is teaching us that our decision-making is SIGNIFICANTLY determined by our affective/emotional state and the ways we’ve been socialized over time.
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But #neuroscience is teaching us that our decision-making is SIGNIFICANTLY determined by our affective/emotional state and the ways we’ve been socialized over time.
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.Our affective/emotional states are deeply impacted by how relationally safe we feel within our social context up to and in a given moment.
In other words, the extent to which we feel physically safe and socially accepted affects what we CHOOSE and what we DO.
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In other words, the extent to which we feel physically safe and socially accepted affects what we CHOOSE and what we DO.
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.We are also much less rational than Western culture would have us believe.
Our brains and nervous systems are energy conservationists. They use autopilot and intuition to make decisions as often as possible, leaving only the REALLY important stuff to higher level thinking.
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Our brains and nervous systems are energy conservationists. They use autopilot and intuition to make decisions as often as possible, leaving only the REALLY important stuff to higher level thinking.
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.#neuroscience is teaching us that our impact on one other impacts the health and behavior of other people
and that we need to change our affective state before we can “change our minds” (or make different choices).
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and that we need to change our affective state before we can “change our minds” (or make different choices).
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.But because Western culture wants us to believe we’re each the masters of our own destinies,
and that we can CHOOSE our way out of everything, we constantly deny the impact we have on others and neglect paying careful attention to our state of being until there’s a crisis.
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and that we can CHOOSE our way out of everything, we constantly deny the impact we have on others and neglect paying careful attention to our state of being until there’s a crisis.
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.We don’t like to hear this but much of our suffering is due to the impact we have on one another— both knowingly and unknowingly.
We heal most effectively when we have safe relational contexts to heal in.
And we are all responsible for contributing to the safety of others.
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We heal most effectively when we have safe relational contexts to heal in.
And we are all responsible for contributing to the safety of others.
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.The more our institutions and systems embrace a communal view of suffering and of wellness,
the more healthily/thoughtfully we will interact with one another and the more deeply and proactively we will heal.
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the more healthily/thoughtfully we will interact with one another and the more deeply and proactively we will heal.
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