Hollie (Bealey) Rolla

The Psychology of Pain and Pleasure

One approach to evaluating the relationship between pain and pleasure is to consider these two systems as a reward-punishment based system. When pleasure is perceived, one associates it with reward. When pain is perceived, one associates with punishment. Evolutionarily, this makes sense, because often, actions that result in pleasure or chemicals that induce pleasure work …

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The Power of the Subconscious mind: the map is NOT the territory.

Our subconscious mind is an intricate, yet wonderful thing. It can be our own worst enemy, or our greatest Ally. Like everything, the trick is to make our subconscious work for us, rather than remain enslaved to it´s wiley ways. Our subconscious mind is a giant memory bank. It stores every event that has ever …

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