All Metaphysics

So what’s the deal with retelling our stories? I mean like what happens when we do this? Depending on why we are doing it or where and to what extent there are a multitude of things going on. I am going to touch on what we metaphysically experience when we retell our stories.

Lets first look at our subconscious mind. The subconscious mind is responsible for our very survival and how we function, not only in the physical way but it also forms our habitual behaviors and belief systems. I think the old saying is that it takes 30 days to change a habit, this could be the amount of time it takes to reverse what we currently do and do something new automatically. Digging deeper into our subconscious minds we have learned so many things about what it does and doesn’t do for our health, to include both our physical and mental health.

Research into the placebo effect shows us how our minds can heal and control our outcomes. “Mind over matter” they say is “just” a placebo effect. Its been shown that tonic thoughts produce healing chemicals and toxic thoughts create and produce toxic chemicals and illness. So how does this all relate to retelling our stories? People that tell their stories in a positive healing way will almost always become whole again and heal completely from their trauma, these are often the folks doing presentations and educating others on how to heal themselves. They are not talking about unimaginable miracles that could never touch you, they are talking about you having the SAME ability to heal if given the right environment.

If we need the right environment to heal from our illness or trauma it could look like what we all expect as far as external circumstances. The right food, sunshine and nature…certainly this is all important, however, the manufacturing of the chemicals we need released in our brains to heal us, either physically or mentally, must also be given a message of health and healing. Just how is this done? This is all done through our subconscious mind, by giving ourselves a placebo effect to heal.

If we are consistently saying things like “I hate my life”, ” I am worthless”, I have anxiety”, I have a illness that is incurable”, ” I am a victim”, this is exactly “what is” and will continue to be true for us. If we can learn to change how we tell our stories we can heal from past trauma and current illnesses. Is that really possible? Absolutely! Have you ever heard the expression, “Change your vocabulary, change your life”? The first time I heard this, Bob Proctor spoke about how we create our own world by the words we use. This was many, many years ago and I’m not sure who actually originated this term but it rings true no matter who says it!

In a nut shell, we create our truth and our health as we speak it into reality. Sounds pretty bizarre right? Like, whatever lady, I have these things and no one can fix me, now you’re trying to tell me I can fix myself by just talking differently? Yes! Here is how this works. Remember I started this post talking about the subconscious mind and the placebo effect. If a doctor can give us a sugar pill and we get a cure from an illness then that shows us the power of the mind to heal ourselves. Our subconscious believes we are taking a “cure” with the drug given to us. This is science, this is not fiction. because this is the way it works, it also works in the opposite way, called a nocebo. The power of a nocebo is as powerful as a placebo, so choose wisely.

Why is this so important? If a placebo can cure us and nocebo can hurt us then logic tells us that if we tell our subconscious minds that we are, have, will be, sick, a victim, diseased, then we will be. That being said, retelling our stories can be healing or harmful. How can we change the retelling of our stories to effect a positive change? Lets look at some examples.

“I am a victim of domestic violence and struggle every day with intense anxiety and physical pain, the remnants of the abuse I went through.” These words are spoken every day by thousands of people that lived a horrible trauma. These are stories of continued illness both physically and mentally and what the subconscious mind hears is, “I am, I will, I do”. The subconscious mind only hears “I am suffering from mental and physical pain from my victimization” and it will continue to bring that about and make it true, that’s the job of the subconscious mind. How can this story be changed without being a liar? This is the one thing I hear the most about talking our way to health with my clients, “I don’t want to lie about where I am”. Let’s look at the original sentence in this paragraph and change it without lying.

“I am a survivor of domestic violence and I understand the anxiety and physical pain that can linger, however, every day and in every way I am getting better and better”. This person did survive obviously because they are telling their story. They do understand the effects of such trauma and they ARE getting better and better every day in everyway as they choose to change their vocabulary in the telling of their story. Choosing to respond to a story on the positive healing spectrum will soon become an even better sentence. ” I survived domestic violence, my life now is peace and love centered and my health has blossomed”. Imagine that sentence jut easily rolling off your tongue without having to try to change your words carefully. This is possible and the healing process begins the very first time you change your words.

Retelling a trauma story will revictimize us, effecting our chemistry. Our thoughts have the ability to change cells, chemistry in our brains and create health. Our subconscious mind is our default system of operation. We can change or manifest health or become unhealthy. We can change hereditary illnesses, habits and beliefs about our outcomes. “I inherited a kidney disorder”, or you could say “I am breaking the cycle of a hereditary kidney disorder, I am choosing to be healthy”. How about the words, “They can’t find a medication that works for me, I’m always going to be sick.” How can we change this? “Every day I am now choosing to heal, the medicine I need is already in me”. Following this up with a meditation/visualization of your body healing the nerves, the inflamed physical areas of illness can be very powerful in healing. Do not stop taking prescribed medications unless your doctor suggests it as you heal. Use your words to make the medicines work! “This medication is the one!”, “I am healing from this and everything else I’m practicing”.

Try changing your vocabulary and see how 30 days, then 60, then 90 will be the best start in your transformation. If you would like some guidance please message me!