Truth Bias- Responders vs Projectors

Did you know that your brain has what’s called a “truth bias?”

Neuroscience shows that our truth bias is a notion in the brain that “comprehending something is equivalent to believing it.”

In addition, our ability to comprehend or understand something is a direct extension of perception.

So, we perceive ourselves based on the circumstances that happen to us, this becomes what we call our identity and our brain believes that it’s true.

But it isn’t. 

You see, part of the problem here is that we’ve been conditioned from before we could speak, to take in information through our senses and respond.

Our imprint years are from birth to about eight. As children, we have more neurological connections firing off between birth and seven, than at any other time of our life. That’s when we developed our core, very unconscious belief systems, that still run us at the subconscious level.

And the subconscious mind will do just about anything to protect those beliefs. So, we say, “I don’t believe that about myself, I believe this about myself” yet, the evidence, the external circumstances and environment show up differently, making that an untruthful statement.

This is where we usually go into an unconscious response of defensiveness or self-judgment, but what if we were curious instead?

This process over time trains our brains to create patterns, dense neural pathways, which become what we call our “truths.”

Because I can see it. Because it’s in front of me or behind me. Because I have the evidence of it, this is what I know is true…and not only true, but what about “this is what I know is possible.”

Then we inevitably hit a wall in life where we want more than what we’re currently experiencing, but we don’t know how to create it because we’re so conditioned to be responders vs projectors.

Let’s dive into it!

xxMeg

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This video is not intended to disrespect anyone’s beliefs in any way. It is an offering of resources from a Clinical Hypnotherapist to help provide access to one’s own inner resources, engage parasympathetic drive and assist nervous system regulation.