I have been reading various forums and groups etc and I see recurring themes that people post about. Namely that many people see themselves as victims, they are helpless and at the whim of their brain chemistry, the only option seemingly to take medication and if this does not work then to change or increase the dosage.
I see some potential faults in the logic of this way of thinking when referring to anxiety, panic attacks, mild to moderate depression and OCD.
Firstly, one of the most common themes is that the person is a victim of their brain chemistry. Imagine your favourite food, imagine its smell, taste, look, feel, imagine it as vividly as you can. Do you notice anything? chances are your mouth is watering, your stomach may even make an anticipatory rumble. There is no food present, except for in your mind. what you have just demonstrated to yourself that just by thinking about something you have created a physical and chemical response in your body!
If just by thinking of your favourite food can create real chemical and physical responses in your body, then what chemical and physical responses could other thoughts do? What about if the thoughts were subconscious and you didn't even realise you were thinking them? What if some of your thoughts were subconscious and habituated? Just like riding a bike or walking or writing or reading. With all of these activities you actually think about what you are doing as you do them, they just happen. Through learning, the activity has become habituated and all the thought processes that go with the activity are committed to memory and most of the brain power associated with it is dealt with on the subconscious level!
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