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“Balancing” is one of the key 3D Mind terms used to describe the process of changing a limiting belief or emotional drive. Tom and Kim state that it’s a matter of balancing between the more primitive reactive parts of the brain and the relatively newer creative/adaptive part of the brain responsible for reason and planning. But what the heck does that mean, anyways? And since it’s coming from a couple of people who are NOT doctors, aren’t they just making things up?
Well, no, it turns out.
http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSL2311107920070823
Researchers in London have found that different areas of the brain are dominant depending on how close a threat is. I personally like how this article points out that a healthy response is the result of a balance between these two areas of the brain. Now, the article states that researchers are suggesting that people with anxiety disorders have an imbalance that leans toward an overactive reactive part of the brain, but I would suggest that perhaps all emotional problems are like this. After all, it’s not an on/off relationship between these opposing areas of the brain.
Think about it. In the experiment, they found that the closer the monster character in the game was, the more the reactive part of the brain took over. BUT, that means that as long as the monster was around, that reactive part of the brain was always on at least a little. You get an interplay between conscious planning and the drive to escape, but the two are always there even if they’re at varying strengths. This suggests that even SUBTLE emotional drives that are reactive are there as long as the situation that triggers them is present. So what’s the difference between someone who has generalized anxiety disorder, someone who gets shy around strangers, and someone who easily and confidently gives speeches in front of crowds? The degree to which that reactive part of the brain activates. So people who are shy may not be terrified, but there’s still just enough there to make them hesitate, and thus minor and major problems are more alike than you might have thought. Which means that if things like major anxieties work the same as minor ones, there isn’t something special that makes them more of a problem after all.
In any case, correct the imbalance and there’s no more problem. That’s what 3D Mind does. When you break it down to the core mechanics, it becomes pretty simple.
