Mental Remodel.

Did you know that every emotion you experience has a chemical compound that floods your brain? I didn't, not until I watched a documentary a year or two back, called "What the BLEEP Do We Know?" Not as much as I thought I did, and I loath to admit, it took a while to sink in.

We're creatures of habit. Habituality that extends into the emotional roller coaster of our lives. I know, because I've lived it too. There's a Native American proverb so to speak, about Good and Evil being inside all of us, and the side that prevails, is the one we feed. I believe this is a metaphysical explanation for a very real chemical reaction inside our bodies.

As creatures of habit, our own insides have a way of adapting to our emotional routines by creating more receptors for those emotional chemical compounds, and like any machine-- organic or otherwise, it  needs fuel. So if we go through long periods of despair, our minds become retrofitted for all those emotions associated with despair. So even as we try to get out of our rut, we're fighting against mental remodel we unwittingly initiated.

It wasn't until I realized that's what the documentary was getting to, that I knew all those self-helpers posting positive messages amounting to "Change your thinking, change your life" were fighting their own minds for emotional control. It's not good to fully reign your emotions, but learning ways to stop the mental renovations before they start is a good way to avoid prolonged periods of defunct moods.

Sadly, there's no cure-all, because everyone is different, despite our similarities. What worked for me, may not work for you, but the key is being willing and able to find out what your own emotional triggers are. What makes your mind happy? What snow-balls your mind into sadness, anxiety or despair? What amuses you? What gives your mind purpose? What gives your mind peace?

It takes time to change your mental habits, your ways of thinking, but you have to start somewhere.

If you ever find yourself wondering why you're thinking about something that promotes a negative reaction or emotion from you, then you've reached that pivotal moment where your mind is asking you if you'd like to proceed with the reconfiguration of your emotional receptors.

Do you?

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