Hello again, Steemians!
Our brain is our closest companion in life; this complex and infinitely vast organism that shapes our thoughts and gives existence to our awareness.
Probably the most important responsibility of anyone in life is to safeguard the treasure of the brain, and secure the boundaries of the mind against the things that would harm its functionality.
The thread of thought in our brain does not usually follow a strict and proper path. Our mind suffers from its own insecurities that lead to erroneous mindsets and outlooks towards life.
These erroneous mindsets are what we call cognitive distortions, as they limit the horizon of your view to a particular set of ideas and holds you from seeing the bigger picture.
In our previous post in this series, we talked about the erroneous idea of ‘All or Naught’ which in essence was about sticking to either sides of an absolute pattern; you are either all in for something or you refuse to do it altogether.
But cognitive distortions are not merely about our decisions and the actions we take in regard to them. Sometimes, your brain compels you to filter out all the other aspects of something in favor of just one, which ultimately forces you to make a rash and unsophisticated decision.
This is what we call Mental Filters. These erroneous mind filters disturb your thought pattern and concentrate your energy on a single, usually negative, aspect of something, while you desperately try and fail to notice other viewpoints about the matter.
For instance, consider that you have been in a romantic relationship for the past couple of months. There are several positive aspects of the other person’s character that you find interesting and alluring, but you begin to notice a negative trait as well.
If you allow this negative trait to filter out all the other positive approaches, then you are afflicted with a cognitive distortion known as a mental filter. When your brain uses mental filters, your judgement is biased and unreliable, because you are not mentally equipped to evaluate all the important aspects of a certain thing.
The main problem with mental filters is that they are hard to notice and harder to fight. Sometimes, you do not even realize that you are looking at a certain thing with a mental filter that erases all the other aspects you need to consider.
Mental filters work like a hidden force. They are not easy to shake off. The first thing you need to do is notice that you are looking at something with prejudice and that you are willing to ignore all the other positive aspects because something is compelling you to only focus on the one negative aspect.
In the case of mental filters, we cannot really trust our emotions and sensations. Even though it may feel wrong, you need to listen to the voice of logic and give the weight of the argument to all the other aspects of a thing that may not echo as powerfully for you as the one distinctive aspect which overwhelms them all.
It is difficult to ignore mental filters, but if you listen to the voice of reason and logic, at least you know that you will make a decision that cannot easily harm your life and become an obstacle in your path.
I understand that it is hard to shake off mental filters, but trust me, you are stronger than the sum of your irrational thoughts. Trust yourself.
This will just be another challenge in a long list of other difficulties that you have successfully overcome.
A BIG HUG!
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Important Note!
I have been working very hard on this blog since the beginning. I have a very busy life but I am giving my best and believe me I have shared experiences that I have been coaching thousands of people and I know that the change of the Mindset should be daily. I am already grateful to see you giving upvotes to each other and you can see this with the fact that many already have 8, 9, 10 upvotes. But I'm sure that with the effort of all of us we will see a community with, 40, 50, 80 upvotes and for that everyone should get engaged so we can make it come true. I believe and we can! Resteem...
***Remember Community: Please, if you commented and upvote on a new post I did, please always go back to the previous one because if someone in the community commented lastly because of time zone differences it will be without your upvote and that would not be fair.
You all know the goal! We can reach: 50+ Upvotes each others!
Attention!!!
I'm reading all the meaningful comments from the posts.
I am here making a list of all of you who have helped build this community by voting for each other who write meaningful comments and soon I will respond to everyone with comment and thank you all because I can already see this spirit being built in this Positive Mindset community and help between all of you.
You will receive my upvote in all material and brief comments I will do this in all the posts I am following very closely and I can see what the people who are generous and contribute to this legacy that I am trying to build with all of you can become reality in a short time.
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First of all, I would like to thank all of you, who are the most active and proactive in this community, showing your generosity and always with meaningful comments. From now on I will always make a list of these incredible people who have helped to expand our goal of growing ever more.
But I ask that if you are new around here you read many of the previous posts because they make it clear that we are building a community with respect among all, generosity and this blog is for those who really want to start moving their Mindset to positive and moreover be part of the growth of all of us who contribute to this blog. Please do not ask to include you in the list if you are just wanting upvotes because we want here people genuinely attuned to growth and good attitudes and as I have always said with Respect as the basis of all, generosity and positivity!
ABOUT OUR LIST!!! WE NEED GROW THIS LIST! LET'S GO TOGETHER IN THIS COMMUNITY - RESTEEM!
Feel free if you want to be included in the list of contributors to this community. Just ask at the end of your comment.
Thanks All of You!!!!