To truly understand why someone has chronic pain and why they are not enjoying better health, and to help them achieve a pain free active life and enjoy peace of mind, we must understand their psychology along with their physiology. Only addressing someone's physiology and ignoring their psychology is often why people lose 30 pounds only to gain it back 6 months later, or go in and out of episodes of back pain, or have repeated surgeries for chronic pain.
One way to understand our own psychology is to look at why we do what we do. What are the driving forces behind the choices we make and how can we learn to make more positive choices?
Much of this information comes from Anthony Robbins, Cloe Madanes, and the Robbins-Madanes Training Center.
Every experience in life we have can be classified into one of four categories.
A 'Class 1' experience is one that:
A 'Class 2' experience is one that:
A 'Class 3' experience is one that:
A 'Class 4' experience is one that:
Every experience in life we have can be classified into one of four categories.
A 'Class 1' experience is one that:
- feels good
- is good for you
- is good for others
- serves the greater good
A 'Class 2' experience is one that:
- does not feel good
- is good for you
- is good for others
- serves the greater good
A 'Class 3' experience is one that:
- feels good
- is not good for you
- is not good for others
- does not serve the greater good
A 'Class 4' experience is one that:
- does not feel good
- is not good for you
- is not good for others
- does not serve the greater good
Let's look at some examples of things we do that affect our health, classify them, and look at the psychology behind why we do or don't do them.
- Eating junk food is for a lot of people a class 3 experience (feels good, not good for us), but many people have changed their perspective on eating junk food and turned it into a class 4 experience (does not feel good, not good for us).
- Eating vegetables on the other hand, for many people is a class 2 experience (does not feel good, is good for us). But again by looking at vegetables differently we can change this to a class 1 experience (feels good, good for us).
- Sitting on the couch bing watching TV for some people is a class 3 experience (feels good, not good for us) but other people have turned this into a class 4 experience (does not feel good, not good for us).
- Going on a run might be a class 2 experience for lots of people (does not feel good, is good for us) but to others running is a class 1 experience (feels good, good for us).
When we stop and start looking at our experiences and what class they fall into we can begin to make different choices in both what experiences we want engage in and how we look at and view different experiences. Engaging in less class 3 and 4 experiences and more class 1 and 2 experiences will have a dramatic affect on our life, health, and happiness.
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