As humans, much of our character is developed through our past experiences.
Everything we have experienced up to this point in time, even from our earliest experiences in childhood, all play a role in defining our character and who we are as people.
In childhood, we are highly susceptible to everything around us.
Our young malleable brains take in all of the information we are given and are processing it at an exceptionally high rate.
The relationships we build with our primary caregivers in early childhood give us our first sense of dependency.
We first learn to develop trust through those that are able to tend to our needs in these early stages.
A genuine lack of trust from either one or both primary caregivers from an early age will have lasting effects in our ability to form relationships long into adulthood.
Many of our beliefs, values, and systems of operation are heavily influenced by what we experienced as children.
These character defining moments are often things we are not consciously aware of as adults.
Not many people can clearly recall their childhood.
We have a genuine sense of what our childhood was like and maybe even vividly recall moments from our childhood, but much of our childhood remains a blur.
What is interesting about the human brain is that all of the experiences and information we have processed up until this moment in time is stored in a memory bank.
While we may not be able to consciously recall the specificity of our childhood experiences, all of the things we have ever experienced still live within our brains.
All of the feelings we have ever had, the trauma, the moments of extreme joy etc. all live in our minds forever.
These memories all have an effect on our subconscious minds and often influence our behavior as we grow into adulthood.
The subconscious mind works on autopilot.
In other words, the subconscious mind makes up for 90% of our daily function as humans.
It is the subconscious mind that is sending signals to our bodies all day everyday to function so that we continue to survive.
For example, our subconscious is responsible for daily tasks such as breathing, the blinking of our eyes, our hearts pumping blood to our organs etc. - all things we are not consciously thinking of but are still happening in real time for daily needs of survival.
We establish behavior patterns through our subconscious.
Here on this channel, we frequently discuss about the importance of deep self-reflection.
The reason why self-reflection is so important is to understand our behavior and gain a better understanding of the effects of our subconscious minds.
Through deep introspection, we can better relate to our past experiences, recognize behaviors, and strategize a better behavior pattern moving forward.
If we often find ourselves in positions of achieving undesired outcomes, it is a lack of understanding of our behavior.
Our character is defined through our choices of behavior and getting to the roots of these behaviors will not only give us a better sense of self, but allow us to strategize a way to achieve our true wants and desires moving forward.