Subconscious Sabotage: Explaining the mental tug of war
I read a quote about subconscious sabotage by Bo Bennett recently which said, “Self-sabotage is like a mental game of tug of war. It is the conscious mind versus the subconscious mind where the subconscious mind always wins.” This sounds a little depressing! So I thought I would write a post to describe why the subconscious mind would think it was a good idea try to ‘sabotage’ our conscious will. Our internal subconscious world view is built up from birth (or even before according to some). The primary ‘patterning’ period for the psyche is between the ages of 0-5. By 9 years old our psyche will be completely patterned for the rest of our life. In childhood the psyche has the potential to develop positive patterning which will help in life. For example if we have a really tenacious parent who believed in thinking outside the box to resolve problems then the young mind can be patterned in to the belief that obstacles have solutions and can be overcome. So how does t