Comments on: Changing Memories with NLP and Self-Hypnosis http://www.sociallydistressed.com/2008/08/changing-memories-with-nlp-and-self-hypnosis/ Your source for information about social anxieties and phobias Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:30:48 +0000 hourly 1 By: Andy http://www.sociallydistressed.com/2008/08/changing-memories-with-nlp-and-self-hypnosis/comment-page-1/#comment-73 Andy Sun, 31 Aug 2008 05:30:35 +0000 http://www.sociallydistressed.com/2008/08/changing-memories-with-nlp-and-self-hypnosis/#comment-73 Thank you for your support Bridget! Thank you for your support Bridget!

]]> By: Bridget http://www.sociallydistressed.com/2008/08/changing-memories-with-nlp-and-self-hypnosis/comment-page-1/#comment-72 Bridget Sat, 30 Aug 2008 13:49:36 +0000 http://www.sociallydistressed.com/2008/08/changing-memories-with-nlp-and-self-hypnosis/#comment-72 I disagree that Andy has done anything dangerous. The old memories and any learnings to be had from them are still there, but he's laid down a parallel track of memories that perhaps serve his life better. He then has the choice to form a future based on the old memories that made him less resourceful in certain situations, or to go forward from the new memories that help him access more and better resources. His mind will tend to choose the resourceful path as better for the survival of the whole Andy. Well done, Andy! You go! I disagree that Andy has done anything dangerous. The old memories and any learnings to be had from them are still there, but he’s laid down a parallel track of memories that perhaps serve his life better. He then has the choice to form a future based on the old memories that made him less resourceful in certain situations, or to go forward from the new memories that help him access more and better resources. His mind will tend to choose the resourceful path as better for the survival of the whole Andy.

Well done, Andy! You go!

]]> By: Hypnosis Melbourne http://www.sociallydistressed.com/2008/08/changing-memories-with-nlp-and-self-hypnosis/comment-page-1/#comment-69 Hypnosis Melbourne Sat, 30 Aug 2008 06:14:25 +0000 http://www.sociallydistressed.com/2008/08/changing-memories-with-nlp-and-self-hypnosis/#comment-69 Thankyou! I find it fascinating how people look at things. Thankyou! I find it fascinating how people look at things.

]]> By: Cindywa888 http://www.sociallydistressed.com/2008/08/changing-memories-with-nlp-and-self-hypnosis/comment-page-1/#comment-53 Cindywa888 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 02:43:32 +0000 http://www.sociallydistressed.com/2008/08/changing-memories-with-nlp-and-self-hypnosis/#comment-53 I don't think altering memories is always a bad thing. What if these memories are causing neurotic or psychotic behaviors? Is that really part of a person's identity? What about people who have been seriously tramatized beyond the point of being able to change how they feel about these memories? How can the memories serve in any helpful capacity? Can it really help someone who was molested by their parent as a child to remember such a thing and consider the memory as something that has made them who they are today? How could anyone ever say that this is a good memory that could serve them in any helpful way? I believe that in extreme circumstances, this extreme therapy would be greatly needed. Then we must also take into consideration the fact that our memories are not an accurate or true representation of what actually occured in the first place. They are merely our interpretation of events. Since we are all subjective beings, we can never take our own thoughts or memories as being totally accurate or concrete. A view point is just that. One way of looking at things. For every situation, there are thousands of view points that are all equally valid. It just depends on how you look at it. I don’t think altering memories is always a bad thing. What if these memories are causing neurotic or psychotic behaviors? Is that really part of a person’s identity? What about people who have been seriously tramatized beyond the point of being able to change how they feel about these memories? How can the memories serve in any helpful capacity? Can it really help someone who was molested by their parent as a child to remember such a thing and consider the memory as something that has made them who they are today? How could anyone ever say that this is a good memory that could serve them in any helpful way? I believe that in extreme circumstances, this extreme therapy would be greatly needed. Then we must also take into consideration the fact that our memories are not an accurate or true representation of what actually occured in the first place. They are merely our interpretation of events. Since we are all subjective beings, we can never take our own thoughts or memories as being totally accurate or concrete. A view point is just that. One way of looking at things. For every situation, there are thousands of view points that are all equally valid. It just depends on how you look at it.

]]> By: Andy http://www.sociallydistressed.com/2008/08/changing-memories-with-nlp-and-self-hypnosis/comment-page-1/#comment-34 Andy Sat, 02 Aug 2008 18:37:07 +0000 http://www.sociallydistressed.com/2008/08/changing-memories-with-nlp-and-self-hypnosis/#comment-34 I can agree that it could be dangerous, but I tend to be the type of person who would take the risk just to see. And Telperion, if it had worked, I wouldn't have been able to write this because i wouldn't have remembered it happening. I can agree that it could be dangerous, but I tend to be the type of person who would take the risk just to see.

And Telperion, if it had worked, I wouldn’t have been able to write this because i wouldn’t have remembered it happening.

]]> By: Telperion http://www.sociallydistressed.com/2008/08/changing-memories-with-nlp-and-self-hypnosis/comment-page-1/#comment-33 Telperion Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:38:34 +0000 http://www.sociallydistressed.com/2008/08/changing-memories-with-nlp-and-self-hypnosis/#comment-33 Question is, if you induce hypnotic amnesia and do manage to forget you did this, will rereading this blog post render it ineffective? I'm inclined to agree with NotAMeanGirl above. This is dangerous territory here. I can't see myself ever trying this technique on my own memories. Sure, something gets locked in as a negative, but I think simply realizing that it was stored that way tells you enough to change your future. Question is, if you induce hypnotic amnesia and do manage to forget you did this, will rereading this blog post render it ineffective?

I’m inclined to agree with NotAMeanGirl above. This is dangerous territory here. I can’t see myself ever trying this technique on my own memories. Sure, something gets locked in as a negative, but I think simply realizing that it was stored that way tells you enough to change your future.

]]> By: How Did Andy Go Back To His Childhood? | Introducing and Mastering NLP http://www.sociallydistressed.com/2008/08/changing-memories-with-nlp-and-self-hypnosis/comment-page-1/#comment-32 How Did Andy Go Back To His Childhood? | Introducing and Mastering NLP Fri, 01 Aug 2008 12:06:17 +0000 http://www.sociallydistressed.com/2008/08/changing-memories-with-nlp-and-self-hypnosis/#comment-32 [...] know, check out this very interesting post by Andy. Bookmark [...] [...] know, check out this very interesting post by Andy. Bookmark [...]

]]> By: Andy http://www.sociallydistressed.com/2008/08/changing-memories-with-nlp-and-self-hypnosis/comment-page-1/#comment-31 Andy Fri, 01 Aug 2008 06:46:03 +0000 http://www.sociallydistressed.com/2008/08/changing-memories-with-nlp-and-self-hypnosis/#comment-31 You know, I used to take the same stance on changing memories. Then I read an article on how we remember things. It turns out that we change our memories regularly. We each remember things based on our own reality, and our memories are based on the time where we first remembered them. So take my kindergarten memory for example. I did a really good job, yet I chose to remember the negativity at that point in time for whatever reason. Changing the memory allows for more positive reactions to similar situations. In the end, our past doesn't matter. What matters is how we deal with the present. How you deal with the present depends on our past, so sometimes it's necessary to "change" the past so you can do what you need to do in the present in order to get to where you want to be in the future. At least that's my opinion on the matter. You know, I used to take the same stance on changing memories. Then I read an article on how we remember things. It turns out that we change our memories regularly. We each remember things based on our own reality, and our memories are based on the time where we first remembered them.

So take my kindergarten memory for example. I did a really good job, yet I chose to remember the negativity at that point in time for whatever reason. Changing the memory allows for more positive reactions to similar situations.

In the end, our past doesn’t matter. What matters is how we deal with the present. How you deal with the present depends on our past, so sometimes it’s necessary to “change” the past so you can do what you need to do in the present in order to get to where you want to be in the future.

At least that’s my opinion on the matter.

]]> By: NotAMeanGirl http://www.sociallydistressed.com/2008/08/changing-memories-with-nlp-and-self-hypnosis/comment-page-1/#comment-30 NotAMeanGirl Fri, 01 Aug 2008 06:15:26 +0000 http://www.sociallydistressed.com/2008/08/changing-memories-with-nlp-and-self-hypnosis/#comment-30 I'm not... sure... how I feel about this. Recreating your past is a slippery slope. Those experiences are what make you who you are. Change them, even artificially, and you are ... someone else. I think it's far healthier to concentrate on changing how you deal with the memories that caused the pain and the issues you are trying to overcome. It's more organic, more natural and more honest. (By honest I mean honesty with yourself.) Just my 0.02 NotAMeanGirls last blog post..<a href="http://meangirlsneednotapply.blogspot.com/2008/08/straight-talk-about-my-numbers.html" rel="nofollow">Straight Talk About My Numbers</a> I’m not… sure… how I feel about this. Recreating your past is a slippery slope. Those experiences are what make you who you are. Change them, even artificially, and you are … someone else.

I think it’s far healthier to concentrate on changing how you deal with the memories that caused the pain and the issues you are trying to overcome. It’s more organic, more natural and more honest. (By honest I mean honesty with yourself.) Just my 0.02

NotAMeanGirls last blog post..Straight Talk About My Numbers

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