Thursday, 27 May 2010

Modalities

I have been studying NLP recently and the amount there is to learn is amazing. I have been learning about mental strategies and representational systems recently with dip into the meta model. I get stuck in a rut from time to time because my desire and motivation to achieve a goal dials down a bit. There are motivation techniques in NLP like the visual submodality strategy which I wasn't getting much effect out of. I read earlier that people with a internal digital representation usually are less emotional. I tested this earlier by thinking of my values i.e freedom, and thought about it only using visual images. The emotional response was far more effective than having digital as the leading representational system.

While studying NLP and have Anthony Robbin's Human Needs Psychology fresh in my mind I think I have come up with a clear model to explain the general operation of humans.














At all time our brain is evaluating what things mean and what to do. Your brain codes all thought in sensory modalities (KAVOG). Your brain also associates meaning to those modalities. The meanings are the beliefs and values. Beliefs and values can be conscious or unconscious. Your beliefs and values are a map to meet the needs.

For example if you are afraid of public speaking you generally get an anxious feeling when thinking about it or being in that situation. Your mind evaluates what you believe and value about the situation. You believe that when you stand up in front of all those people you feel uncertain that you are going to connect with the audience and you feel more certain that you are going to mess up. The fear of judgment is the violation of love/connection and significance. If you are certain you are going to be judged negatively (which you may not be) you are going to feel very uncertain about how your going to perform on stage.

If you value comfort as an emotion you will want to hide way and stay certain you will not experience any discomfort. This is communicated to your conscious from your unconscious via internal representational systems. Mainly:
Visual (the images you see in your mind's eye)
Auditory (the sounds and tones you hear inside your mind)
Kinesthetic (body awareness, touch, balance, emotions)
Your map (beliefs and values) is designed by you for you to meet as much needs as possible. People have some great maps that support them while other have maps that does not support them. This process leads to a decision which fundamentally comes down to avoiding pain (violation of needs) and/or gaining pleasure (fulfilling needs). Some people violate some needs to gain other needs.

I hope this makes sense and I probably made some mistakes in my writing but I'm learning.

Love,
Seb

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