Our Unconscious Mind The unconscious... - Deepstash
<p><strong>Our Unconscious Min...

Our Unconscious Mind

The unconscious part of our minds is outside of our conscious awareness and is not easily accessible, meaning we can’t just conjure its content up like we can a seemingly forgotten telephone number (that resides in our subconscious ). This lack of ready availability makes our unconscious minds both mystifying (“Why do I keep doing things that hurt me ?”) and seemingly beyond our control, often leading to a sense of frustration and helplessness.

The unconscious mind consists of three forces that often lead us down unhealthy roads.

70

301 reads

CURATED FROM

IDEAS CURATED BY

megs666

And so it goes.

Am I in control? Or just under the illusion of being in control?

The idea is part of this collection:

The Mind of Leonardo da Vinci

Learn more about psychology with this collection

Leonardo da Vinci's creative process

How to approach problem-solving like da Vinci

The importance of curiosity and observation

Related collections

Similar ideas

Freud's three levels of mind

Freud believed that behaviour and personality came from the interaction of conflicting psychological forces that works at three levels of awareness:

  • Preconscious. It consists of anything that could potentially be brought into the conscious mind.
  • Cons...

The best way to control emotion is not to flow along with it. You must realize that emotional feeling is not part of the conscious mind. It is a byproduct of our unconscious mind aka the subconscious mind. Think about the consequence, before you act or react at any time.

Gestures: A Warning System

Gestures: A Warning System

Gestures act as an early warning system for intent, emotion, and mood. Our body language precedes the desire of our conscious minds. Our bodies know what we want before our conscious minds do.

So it's useful to watch others' body language to know what they're thinking, desiring, and fe...

Read & Learn

20x Faster

without
deepstash

with
deepstash

with

deepstash

Personalized microlearning

100+ Learning Journeys

Access to 200,000+ ideas

Access to the mobile app

Unlimited idea saving

Unlimited history

Unlimited listening to ideas

Downloading & offline access

Supercharge your mind with one idea per day

Enter your email and spend 1 minute every day to learn something new.

Email

I agree to receive email updates