I've read this article months ago and wanted to share it here.
The point that caught my eye was that change is painful. I mean, real pain is produced in the brain and that explains why sometimes changing something hurts.
I think it is very important to understand this so you are better prepared to face what is coming when you start making changes in your life. You don't need to be afraid of change, just learn what you are facing and how to handle it. Although the article was written with a company mindset, the study provides a great insight on what happens in our brains when we face changes.
I hope you enjoy this article.
some quotes:
Change hurts. Not the boo-hoo, woe-is-me kind of hurt that executives tend to dismiss as an affliction of the weak and sentimental, but actual physical and psychological discomfort. And the brain pictures prove it.
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But resistance to change is not ineluctable. The prefrontal cortex has its limitations, but it is also capable of insight and self-control. It’s what makes us human—the ability to be aware of our habitual impulses and do something about them.
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Once people have had that initial insight or epiphany that change is necessary, they need to repeat the experience in order to reinforce it and to experience the potential pleasure that can be derived from it. The complex brain connections that are formed during the epiphany phase need to be supported to begin the process of hard-wiring the basal ganglia.
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"Learning is the antidote to change resistance," says Wakefield. "Learning lets you reframe the change from being something bad for you to something that can have value for you."
The point that caught my eye was that change is painful. I mean, real pain is produced in the brain and that explains why sometimes changing something hurts.
I think it is very important to understand this so you are better prepared to face what is coming when you start making changes in your life. You don't need to be afraid of change, just learn what you are facing and how to handle it. Although the article was written with a company mindset, the study provides a great insight on what happens in our brains when we face changes.
I hope you enjoy this article.
some quotes:
Change hurts. Not the boo-hoo, woe-is-me kind of hurt that executives tend to dismiss as an affliction of the weak and sentimental, but actual physical and psychological discomfort. And the brain pictures prove it.
...
But resistance to change is not ineluctable. The prefrontal cortex has its limitations, but it is also capable of insight and self-control. It’s what makes us human—the ability to be aware of our habitual impulses and do something about them.
...
Once people have had that initial insight or epiphany that change is necessary, they need to repeat the experience in order to reinforce it and to experience the potential pleasure that can be derived from it. The complex brain connections that are formed during the epiphany phase need to be supported to begin the process of hard-wiring the basal ganglia.
...
"Learning is the antidote to change resistance," says Wakefield. "Learning lets you reframe the change from being something bad for you to something that can have value for you."
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