Changing Your Mindset
Optimism can be cultivated, even if it has a genetic component. While childhood experiences play a role in shaping our emotional well-being, recent events have a more significant impact on adult happiness and depression. Understanding this allows individuals to reclaim agency over their mental health, proving that past circumstances do not dictate future outcomes.In this clip
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Related Questions
If we can't forget traumatic events but can modify our emotional responses to them, can the changes to a person's character following an event also be reversed or altered? For example, if someone who was once very positive and engaging returns from war or suffers the loss of a parent/spouse and becomes guarded and distant, how much of our 'character' is malleable? Or can people truly become 'stuck in their ways'? This question relates to the episode 365: Benjamin Hardy | How to Break Free from Self-Limiting Beliefs and the clip Transformative Life Changes.
If we can't forget traumatic events but can modify our emotional response to past events, can the changes to a person's character following an event also be reversed or altered? For example, if someone who was once very positive and engaging returns from war or suffers the loss of a parent/spouse and becomes guarded and distant, how much of our 'character' is malleable? Or can people truly become 'stuck in their ways'? This question relates to the episode "Psychologist Shows How to CHANGE the Way You THINK About LIFE | Benjamin Hardy" and the clip "Embracing Post-Traumatic Growth."
If we can't forget traumatic events but can modify our emotional response to past events, can the changes to a person's character following an event also be reversed or altered? For example, if someone who was once very positive and engaging returns from war or suffers the loss of a parent/spouse and becomes guarded and distant, how much of our character is malleable? Or can people truly become stuck in their ways? This question relates to the episode "Psychologist Shows You How to Reset Your Personality and Redefine Yourself | Benjamin Hardy" and the clip "Potential and Change." It also relates to episode 365: "Benjamin Hardy | How to Break Free from Self-Limiting Beliefs."