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Old 12-08-2009, 10:29 AM
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Boston1954
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Originally Posted by Admin
I read somewhere that our little brains remember "NOT" and tune out the rest - is this so?
I think it's the other way around. The brain drops the negative part and remembers the rest.

So if you are repeating an affirmation "don't screw up", your brain will actually feel as if you are instructing it to "screw up".

The same thing happens with anything like "not, don't, never", etc.

I do not know why, but I suddenly thought of Gomer Pyle.....
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