Spreminjanje vzorcev obnašanja
Že nekaj časa razmišljam, ali lahko spreminjanje fizičnih vzorcev vpliva tudi na spreminjanje t. i. mentalnih vzorcev. Vsak dan se s kolesom po isti poti odpeljem v službo. In vsak dan, takoj ko se usedem na kolo in odpravim v službo, se mi pojavijo stari, slabi vzorci razmišljanja, kot so predvidevanje prihodnosti, katastrofaliziranje, črno-belo razmišljanje itd. To je naučen vzorec obnašanja, ki se vklopi vsak dan na poti v službo. Ta vzorec sem zelo dobro vpeljal v svoje nevronske mreže, kar pomeni, da sem ga dobro izuril in se ga naučil. Ker sem imel vsak dan na poti v službo čas, sem seveda razmišljal, in to o slabih stvareh. Vzorec sem treniral vsak dan zadnje leto, kar me je privedlo do hude tesnobe.
Da se vrnem k spreminjanju vzorcev. Zanima me, ali bi sprememba poti v službo morda pomagala pri spremembi razmišljanja – najraje bi videl, da bi prekinil ta krog negativnega razmišljanja. Včeraj sem prvič preizkusil to spremembo. Namesto na desno sem se zapeljal na levo in pot v službo skoraj popolnoma spremenil. Zdaj traja pot tudi 5 minut dlje, vendar malo več fizične aktivnosti ne škodi. Verjetno vas zanima, kaj sem opazil po dveh dneh spremenjene poti? Dejansko imam med vožnjo preveč dela z razmišljanjem, kje bom peljal, zato se stari vzorci razmišljanja nimajo časa vklopiti. Ugotavljam, da je začetek spodbuden, in bom poskusil vztrajati vsaj nekaj časa. Vsi vemo, da nikoli ni popolno oziroma da nikoli ne bo 100 % brez težav, moramo pa biti zadovoljni z majhnimi izboljšavami. Sam sem zadovoljen z majhno izboljšavo vsak dan posebej.
Changing Behavior Patterns
For some time now, I’ve been wondering whether changing physical patterns could also influence the so-called mental patterns. Every day, I ride my bike along the same route to work. And every day, as soon as I get on my bike and start my commute, old, negative thinking patterns emerge—such as predicting the future, catastrophizing, black-and-white thinking, etc. It feels like a learned behavioral pattern that switches on every day during my ride to work. I’ve really ingrained this thought pattern into my neural networks, meaning I’ve trained and learned it well. Since I had time during my daily commute, I was naturally thinking, but unfortunately, about negative things. I’ve been practicing this pattern every day for the past year, which has led to severe anxiety.
Now, back to changing patterns. I wondered whether changing my route to work might help change my thinking as well—I would really like to break this cycle of negative thoughts. Yesterday, I tried this change for the first time. Instead of turning right, I turned left and almost completely changed my route to work. Now the trip takes 5 minutes longer, but a bit of extra physical activity never hurt. You’re probably wondering what I’ve noticed after two days of this new route? Well, during the ride, I’m so busy figuring out where to go next that there’s no time for old thinking patterns to kick in. I’m finding the start encouraging, and I’m going to try sticking with it for a while. We all know it’s never perfect, or that things will never be 100% trouble-free, but we have to be content with small improvements. Personally, I’m satisfied with small progress every single day.
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