Did you know that by learning new things you are changing the anatomy of your own brain? This amazing ability of the human brain to change itself according to new experiences and new information is known as Neuroplasticity.
Every time we learn new stuff we change the connections of neurons (brain cells) and even full neuronal pathways. Each time we change our surroundings – we change the anatomy of the brain. Each time we change our behaviour -we create significant changes in our brain.
These changes can be good, but can be bad also; it all depends on the character of the experiences, like changing your environment but most importantly our perception of the experience of the change, plus the environment.
Every event we experience can leave permanent memory traces in our brain so change the brains structure.
As an example, a teen girl who was exposed to skinny celebrity photographs can become discontented with her very own body image and then develop an eating disorder. In this example she learned that thin stars are considered to be beautiful. Then she instantly made a new negative experience for herself by comparing her very own body with the celebrity’s body. She was never as skinny as the person on Television, therefore she became dissatisfied with herself. The final result of this psychological -emotional process is important changes to the neuronal structures in her brain. These unreasonable thoughts become new faulty neuronal pathways that are then answerable for her developing an eating disorder.
Fortunately , all of these dire memories are not written down in stone, or “engraved”, to remain unchanged forever. Conveniently we are able to change these defective structures by subsequent events and re-transcribe it, then change it to new more constructive thought processes.
All of the experiences or events (like dissatisfaction with yourself, emotional trauma for example.) can take on new different meanings later on in life and again we will be able to learn to change the structure of the brain to the better.
We can direct the changes in our brain to the better by employing a process called “self-directed neuroplasticity”. “Self-directed neuroplasticity” means re-transcription and changing underlying neuronal networks and associated memories and feelings by yourself for yourself.
People with eating disorders, anxiety, depression and so on can help themselves to improve their own lives by using the “self-directed neuroplasticity” approach at absolutely any stage of the illness. Of course, if you have had an eating disorder for 10 years or longer it will be more difficult to change the brain then if you had it for 5 years, but this also depends a lot on your grit and need to change.
Folks who have determination and a wish to change can create the positive emotions that are required for change, and these emotions will help them to re-transcribe the faulty neuronal paths faster and simpler. But if you withstand the change and lack determination then you'll remain a sufferer with faulty neuronal pathways till you consciously get to the point you have to change. Or when you get to the point at which it is more distressing to stay with the disorder, than it is to change: this point is routinely reached when a bunch of medical Problems arrive from the abuse of their body over the years.
The concept that the brain can change its own structure and function through new activities, thoughts and new behaviors is astounding and brings much hope for psychological and emotional disorder sufferers. These include eating disorders, stress, depression, compulsive afflictions, obsessions and other stress related issues.
“Teach Your Intellect to Heal Your Brain” is a term that tells you simply, if you learn to teach your mind new positive things you can change the construction of your cerebral cortex for the better also. If you learn the right techniques then you can improve and even heal your brain from many disorders. It is really only down to you whether you stick with the old destructive thoughts or change to new better ones: is it your decision?
Neuroplasticity is a non-specific neuroscience term making reference to the capability of the brain and nervous system in all species to change structurally and functionally as a result of input from the environment.[1] Plasticity happens on a selection of levels, ranging from cellular changes involved in learning, to sizeable changes involved in cortical remapping responding to injury. The most generally recognised kinds of plasticity are learning, memory, and. Recovery from brain damage. During almost all of the 20th century, the generally held consensus among neuroscientists was that brain structure is relatively immutable after a critical period during early childhood..
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