think of something you crave.\u00a0 <\/span>imagine it.\u00a0 <\/span>picture it.\u00a0 got it?<\/span><\/p>\n next time you have your next craving, no matter what it is:<\/p>\n awareness is the absolute 1st key to dealing with anything that you want to change in your life. \u00a0there’s 2 kinds of awareness to be aware of :)<\/p>\n multiple studies have shown that playing a pattern matching game for 3 minutes at the onset of a craving\u00a0reduced the intensity of the craving by 25%.\u00a0 which for most of us is\u00a0<\/span>just enough of a boost to give us the will power to make a better decision.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n cravings have a very strong visual component.\u00a0 <\/span>the more you picture it the more likely you are to go for it.\u00a0 <\/span>to reduce the craving you simply need to give the brain something else to focus on.<\/p>\n the key is total cognitive absorption. \u00a0in controlled studies this was only acheived with visual pattern matching games. \u00a0reading a book, listening to music, or distracting yourself in some other way just wasn’t as beneficial.<\/p>\n the games that got the best response were:<\/p>\n by the way, this process works! \u00a0put it into practice and notice your cravings disappear!<\/p>\n you can also use this to block anxiety.\u00a0 understand, anxiety in some situations is a good thing if it prompts you to prepare NOW for something in the future – an exam, a project, etc.<\/p>\n in most cases however, anxiety creates needless suffering and keeps us from taking useful action.<\/p>\n you are stronger than you realize.\u00a0 <\/span>you now have the power to have awareness, and now a tool to work with things.<\/p>\n don\u2019t try to relax, instead \u201ccatch\u201d your urge, focus on something that gets you into flow.<\/p>\n one other thing? falling in love.<\/p>\n if you want to quit something, solve a puzzle or fall in love.\u00a0 <\/span>or do both.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" working with cravings #1 think of something you crave.\u00a0 imagine it.\u00a0 picture it.\u00a0 got it? next time you have your next craving, no matter what it is: “catch it” with…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2119,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/superhumantransformation.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2117"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/superhumantransformation.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/superhumantransformation.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/superhumantransformation.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/superhumantransformation.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2117"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/superhumantransformation.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2117\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/superhumantransformation.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/superhumantransformation.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/superhumantransformation.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/superhumantransformation.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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cognitive absorption through a pattern matching game<\/h3>\n
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our 4-step process for dealing with cravings<\/h3>\n
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