Reprogramming The Mind For Success» amygdala http://www.reprogrammingthemind.co.uk Dean Whittingham's Best Selling E Book Fri, 08 May 2009 04:46:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 en hourly 1 The Psycho-Cybernetic Mechanism and the Amygdala – Part 2 http://www.reprogrammingthemind.co.uk/reprogramming-the-mind/the-psycho-cybernetic-mechanism-and-the-amygdala-part-2/ http://www.reprogrammingthemind.co.uk/reprogramming-the-mind/the-psycho-cybernetic-mechanism-and-the-amygdala-part-2/#comments Sun, 25 Jan 2009 07:00:01 +0000 Stuart Ginbey http://www.reprogrammingthemind.co.uk/?p=72 So lets look at an example and see how it all works.
Think of a fear that you may have. Lets say it’s ‘Investing in the stockmarket’. Perhaps you gained this fear from a bad experience in the past because you lost some money. Perhaps it’s simply your Self Image that you are not an investor. Either way, you have instilled a belief in your subconscious mind that produces a chemical reaction and produces that fear every time you think about ‘investing in the stock market’.

A series of events occurs.
First, your psycho cybernetic mechanism recognizes that you have created a thought process that is in direct conflict with your beliefs. In other words, you have briefly imagined yourself investing in the stockmarket. Your PCM sees this as a diversion from your usual course and sends a message to your Amygdala. In turn, it releases chemicals into your body, creating feelings of fear, doubt and anxiety.

However, lets say you meet someone who has done quite well from the stockmarket and says that he will help you, but first of all you need to come up with £20,000.

Straight away your first thoughts are going to be of what it would feel like to lose that £20k. Fear and anxiety take over and you hear yourself making excuses as to why you can’t come up with the money. It’s fight or flight and your survival instinct has naturally pulled you away from the situation to protect you and return you to your comfort zone.

Yours sincerely,

Stuart Ginbey

]]> http://www.reprogrammingthemind.co.uk/reprogramming-the-mind/the-psycho-cybernetic-mechanism-and-the-amygdala-part-2/feed/ 0 The Psycho-Cybernetic Mechanism and the Amygdala – Part 1 http://www.reprogrammingthemind.co.uk/reprogramming-the-mind/the-psycho-cybernetic-mechanism-and-the-amygdala-part-1/ http://www.reprogrammingthemind.co.uk/reprogramming-the-mind/the-psycho-cybernetic-mechanism-and-the-amygdala-part-1/#comments Sun, 18 Jan 2009 07:00:55 +0000 Stuart Ginbey http://www.reprogrammingthemind.co.uk/?p=68 The Psycho-Cybernetic Mechanism (PCM) is our brain’s version of a thermostat. Just like the one found in an airconditioning system, it’s role is to measure the deviation from setpoint and produce an output that will return the temperature back to it’s original settting. Our brain’s PCM is very similar, but it’s not only associated with temperature. It is more concerned with our Comfort Zone and when we find ourselves in an uncomfortable situation, it will trigger a series of events to naturally bring us back to our happy medium. This function actually plays a very important role in our survival. To do this, the PCM employs the role of the Amygdala.

The Amygdala is an almond shaped set of nuclei in the brain. It is most commonly associated with emotions such as fear, anxiety, doubt and depression. This Amygdala is actually the circuit that is triggered by the PCM when it senses you are out of your comfort zone. It releases the chemicals that cause you to feel doubt, fear and anxiety.

Stay tune for part 2 and we’ll find out what this all means.

Yours sincerely,

Stuart Ginbey

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