Transformative Power Of Stories And Metaphors
I love stories. I love telling stories, I love hearing them, and I love learning about the powerful that stories have over us. The great hypnotherapist and founder of modern hypnosis Milton Erickson frequently used stories to illustrate examples and lessons. The story would seep into his patient’s unconscious mind and work that person from the inside out. An alternative, more traditional approach is to break the concepts down into bite size pieces for patients to try and process on a conscious level. Explaining tough moral or social dilemmas can be difficult with complex explanations but a simple metaphor frequently summs up the entire argument in one concise passage. Stories can be found just about anywhere, movies, books, and advertisements are the most obvious places where they show up. There is another kind of story that humans have, and it’s found within us. An athlete might tell himself, “You are strong, you can do this, this is your moment to shine.” Such self-affirming language is common among successful people because as they hear these words, a story is woven and their mind latches onto these concepts and creates beliefs out of them. Many people that I meet have terrible stories running through their minds and it makes their life hell. Therefore, become aware of the stories that you tell yourself, they may hold the key to transforming your life.
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