The Three Parts of Your Mind

First, it is important to understand how your mind works. We have three separate and distinct parts of our mind. These three parts are: the conscious mind, the subconscious mind, and the unconscious mind. Each having different responsibilities with very little communication among each other.Imagining that the parts of our mind are at different levels- first, we have a conscious mind. Our conscious mind is actively working right now. Below our conscious level of awareness, is where we will find our subconscious mind. And going even deeper to find our unconscious mind.

Our unconscious mind is basically responsible for two things. It controls the strength or weakness of our immune system and it controls our automatic body functions. Automatic body functions such as the beating of our heart and the blinking of our eyes. Our unconscious mind is basically unaffected by hypnosis.

Our conscious mind is where we spend most of your time. Basically,it has four responsibilities. First, it analyzes by examining information or an event and then deciding how to solve it. It also makes the thousands of decisions that we face through out a typical day. Decisions that appear to be automatic, but in fact, are not. Examples of such decisions are: ‘Should I turn the light on?’ ‘Should I open the door?’ ‘Should I dry my hands?’ These type of decisions may appear to be automatic but really we make a decision as to whether or not we want to do them.

The second part of our conscious mind can actually get us into trouble some times. It is the rational part of our conscious mind. It must give us a reason why we behave in a particular fashion. Understanding that if we don’t have a reason for why we behave in a certain way that we become anxious,nervous, frustrated. If this goes on to long it can lead to serious mentalillness. Now, just because the rational conscious mind gives us a reason doesn’t mean it is an accurate reason. And the biggest problem is that the reason is never original. The following are examples of this problem: a smoker says ‘I smoke because it helps me to relax,’ ‘I need a cigarette when I drink coffee,’ or ‘I need a cigarette after I eat;’ an overweight person says ‘I eat when I am bored,’ ‘I eat when I am upset,’ or ‘I eat when I am happy.’ Really,before the smoker developed the habit, he actually heard other people that smoked say, ‘I smoke because it makes me feel calm and relaxed’ etc. And the same with the overweight person, who heard other overweight people claiming ‘I’m overweight because I eat when I’m nervous’ etc.