Understanding Our Personalities
Rita discusses the complexity of human personalities and how they can influence our actions, often leading to moments we later question. She emphasizes the evolutionary advantage of perceiving ourselves as a single, continuous entity, which fosters personal responsibility. However, this perception also brings challenges, such as self-blame when different aspects of our personality emerge. The conversation touches on the growing legal implications of these ideas, particularly in cases of temporary insanity.In this clip
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If we can't forget traumatic events but can modify our emotional response to past events, can the changes to a person's character following an event also be reversed or altered? For example, if someone who was once very positive and engaging returns from war or suffers the loss of a parent/spouse and becomes guarded and distant, how much of our character is malleable? Or can people truly become stuck in their ways? This question relates to the episode What Everyone Struggling Needs to Know Right Now | Ed Mylett on Impact Theory and the clip Identity and Transformation.
If we can't forget traumatic events but can modify our emotional response to past events, can the changes to a person's character following an event also be reversed or altered? For example, if someone who was once very positive and engaging returns from war or suffers the loss of a parent/spouse and becomes guarded and distant, how much of our character is malleable? Or can people truly become stuck in their ways? This question relates to the episode What Everyone Struggling Needs to Know Right Now | Ed Mylett on Impact Theory and the clip Identity and Transformation.
If we can't forget traumatic events but can modify our emotional response to past events, can the changes to a person's character following an event also be reversed or altered? For example, if someone who was once very positive and engaging returns from war or suffers the loss of a parent/spouse and becomes guarded and distant, how much of our character is malleable? Or can people truly become 'stuck in their ways'? This question relates to the episode 365: Benjamin Hardy | How to Break Free from Self-Limiting Beliefs and the clip Personality and Passion.