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![On this #WellnessWednesday, I want to chat about one of my fav mental health-related concepts: The Resistance. It’s the little gnome that lives inside our heads and has a single purpose: self-sabotage.
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Here’s how it works: When we have an important goal or something we really, really want to do, The Resistance sweeps in and says, “Who do you think you are for trying? It’ll never work. You’ll definitely fail. Other people do it because they’re naturally inclined to achieve [insert goal here], but you are not. Maybe you should just watch Netflix instead.”
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I first learned about this concept in @steven_pressfield’s book, The War of Art (read it??) and @sethgodin talks about it too. The Resistance is our brain’s self-defense mechanism that wants to protect us from failure - because if we don’t try, we can’t fail and get hurt, and then everything can stay safe and predictable. Our primitive brains are wired for instant gratification, so instead of putting work into our goal, we “buffer” - do things for immediate pleasure (Netflix, scroll Instagram, eat junk food, etc.)
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The funny thing about The Resistance is that the closer you get to achieving your goal, the stronger The Resistance gets. In truth, our primitive brain may be secretly afraid of success - because finally achieving that goal may destabilize our entire belief systems. The Resistance will never truly go away, but if we’re tuned into our thoughts and our buffering behaviors, The Resistance can be somewhat silenced. So if you hear your brain telling you to give up, that you’re not good enough for this goal, etc. - then you’re probably doing it right 😉
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