There’s a long-standing myth that we humans only use 10% of our brains.
As a youth I heard it in a movie and thought wow, we’re so lazy! I’ve definitely seen a few Facebook memes declaring it, and other’s have often repeated it from wherever they saw or heard it from too.
But is this popular myth actually true?
BIG NEWS – No, it’s not!
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Did you know that Conscious thought is only 5% compared to Sub-Conscious thought being 95% ??
The conscious mind can process about 40 bits of information per second; the subconscious mind can process 40 million bits of information per second!
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What are you thinking right now? Stop for a moment and consciously listen to the thoughts inside your head… What
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Ever watched someone practising meditation and thought: I wish I could do that but I couldn’t sit still or stop thinking
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In the simplest terms, anxiety is caused by an overload of fear and doubt in the thinking mind, which in turn neuro-chemically and physically activates the autonomic nervous system’s ‘fight, flight, freeze’ response in response to certain triggers i.e. sensations, perceptions, meanings, memories.
Our fears drive our thoughts, and our thoughts and behaviours create our emotions. Through repetitive stimulus, certain thoughts, feelings and behaviours condition the nervous system to become overstimulated and stuck in the ‘ON’ switch.
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Stress: A pesky little word that gets tossed around a great deal in modern day life. We stress about things; we feel stressed by commitments; and people or situations stress us out! So do you understand stress, and more importantly, how it affects your body?
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Mind–body Medicine uses the power of thoughts and emotions to influence physical and neurological health. The study, based at MGH’s Institute for Technology Assessment and the Benson-Henry Institute (BHI) for Mind Body Medicine, found that individuals in the relaxation-response program used fewer health care services in the year after their participation than in the preceding year. The program combined elicitation of the relaxation response with social support, cognitive-skills training, and positive psychology designed to build resiliency.Studies like this one have a huge potential to reduce not only the extreme pressure on the healthcare system, but also improve the personal wellbeing of each individual who can learn and apply these simple techniques into their daily lives.
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In a world where obesity, heart disease, mental health, and stress-related illness and disease are a worldwide concern, traditional and
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