Mental Time Travel
I had a bad case of achilles tendonitis a couple decades ago. So bad that I had to get a cortisone injection right into the tendon.
Really, really painful. But a couple hours later, the pain pretty much went away.
There I was, thinking I was cured, and a older friend of mine casually mentioned, “You know that’s not ever going to go away, right?”
I had no idea what he meant, but now I do. Every time you get tendonitis, and it heals, the tendons can sometimes calcify, meaning they turn from tendon to bone. This is to strengthen the tendon, but it also makes it a bit less flexible, which can lead to later injury.
Now, much later, I need to spend a lot more time stretching than I used to.
That’s the trouble with these types of injuries. They are kind of a one way street. Other injuries, broken bones, etc, can heal pretty well. So there’s almost no trace later on. (I’ve had that happen to me as well).
Of course, if I could go back in time, and stretch out a lot more before working out, I would. Back when I was a young dumb high school kid. I thought I was indestructible. I even ran a marathon in high school, and spent maybe ten minutes stretching out before.
Many of us also have emotional injuries. And like physical injures, we just assume that’s part of life. We’ve got these hidden “blind spots” that we don’t really understand.
Somebody hits one by accident (or on purpose of they’re really evil) and it hurts like hell.
Luckily, these CAN be fixed.
In fact, there’s a way you can go back in time, and rewrite your history so the original cause is erased.
Kind of like if I went back in time and spent a LOT more time stretching. I wouldn’t need to worry about popping my achilles today!
The truth is the way we interpreted those events before. Luckily, our memories are squishy enough so that we can rewrite the way we perceived things.
And once you start doing that, you’ll see they’re all based on the same “core” set of fears of blind spots.
Get rid of the initial cause, and everything becomes easier.
All the things you do that cause anxiety, sadness, depression, worry, etc., can be obliterated.
Blasted away for good.
Leaving you free to do and get whatever you want.
And NOBODY will be able to “push your buttons” again.