It may appear impossible to program the surrounding reality until you discover that a person’s ideas may modify reality. Fortunately, or regrettably, I have stumbled upon such a “superpower,” and you can take your own conclusions after reading the entire article.
Have you ever observed your hands constantly being washed, your feet thumping on the floor involuntarily, or your items being arranged in the “correct” order? Is it feasible to call behaviors like frenzied cleaning, double-checking the same item, mentally repeating phrases, and a desire for organizing the day by the minute “everyday habits”?
A person believes that by repeating specific activities, he may avoid fate. “If I do it perfectly, nothing will happen,” you’ll hear a lot from these people.
Childhood trauma, moral and physical fatigue, stress, and even culture can all be used to justify such behaviors (myths, omens).
In most cases, the need for absolute omnipotence causes anxiety, and the habit swiftly develops into an actual mental illness known as obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). This leads to compulsive ideas that something like this might happen. Furthermore, a person’s ideas might attract negative energy and situations, confirming that everything he is experiencing is accurate. As a result, a person programs his or her own world. And it appears to be a kind of mental prison that a person builds for himself, from which he can only be released with the help of drugs and psychotherapy.
Some time ago I listened to a podcast about the power of small habits to which this blog relates, and I agree that it is important to build yourself with good habits so that you can become stronger and avoid those habits that may make us not feel good with ourselves (and even leads to a mental illness) that is why it is worth taking care of those that build us up and thanks to which we can help others. Thanks for this article.
I did a couple of these things as a child, now I don’t watch myself anything like that, it’s good to be born in a family of two psychotherapists:)