CONDITIONED RESPONSE

CONDITIONED RESPONSE 

A woman pretends to put a leash on a horse, and then the horse follows her. But there's actually no leash. 

In psychology, this is called a conditioned response. 

The body learns that signal equals obey, even if nothing is actually pulling. 

But here's the thing, humans do this too, way more than horses. Most people are walking around with invisible leashes. Your brain learned something once and never questioned it again. Neuroscience shows that your brain reacts to what feels real and not necessarily what's actually real. 

Fear, approval, expectations, even your old beliefs about who you're supposed to be. None of those are physical leashes, but they still control your behaviour. 

And after a while, you don't even question these things anymore, because they just feel like normal. You see, if you don't control your mind, someone else will, and you won't even notice it's happening. 

The horse, after all, isn't stupid, it's just trained. And training feels like reality when you've never known anything else. 

Which then makes you wonder, what invisible leash are you still responding to in your life?

Would you like to share your response with me?

Wink!