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🎭 Manipulation with drama
What quickly attracts our attention?
A blue light on the other side of the street. A loud bang. A growling and barking dog behind a garden fence. Someone coming towards us in a poorly lit alley.
These are all programming from our past as hunters and gatherers.
Today, we are more modern. Media that use these programs attract our attention. They dramatize and cater to our base instincts.
A light snowfall is turned into a bomb blizzard. Two weeks of hot weather become a hellish summer. Meteorologists on the news stand in front of corresponding maps. In the case of the hellish summer, everything is glowing red and purple.
A high tidal wave is turned into a killer wave. This is impossible, because we know that the wave has no instinct of its own to kill people.
People like to take old programs from religion. Apocalypse and Armageddon, the Flood, and so on. And everything draws our attention. We can't help ourselves.
Or can we?
At the very least, we can prevent ourselves from getting stuck on such programs. Because when we are afraid, our minds partially shut down. At least part of our cognitive abilities are shut down so that we can focus on the danger.
Are you aware of triggers that you immediately turn to when you see or hear them?
How do we proceed?
Just like in the NLSP protocol, but of course not always in such detail.
1. Identify: Take a step back and observe what you are thinking and feeling as if from the outside. Put it into words.
2. Reprogram: Answer the question:
"Is this a real danger? Does it require a reaction from me here and now? Is the fear or focus helpful to me? Is it good for me?"
3. Install: Practice what takes you out of the fear. Consciously give your brain alternatives and anchor this as a routine.
Have a nice day.
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🎭 Manipulation with drama
