CAN A PERSON REALLY REPROGRAM their subconscious?

Question

Do you all believe that a person can really change the way they think and behave by reprogramming their subconscious? You know, the subconscious mind is basically where your fears are stored, your beliefs. Certain behaviors are reflex and occur because they are in your subconscious. You aren't consciously/purposefully doing these things (biting nails, etc), they are just habitual because your subconscious has accepted it.

How it works is, I have this program that has you relax and almost under hypnosis, then it says to let the words sink into your subconscious mind. Just affirmations like "I can be whoever I want to be", etc.

Is this something that can really be accomplished? Anybody KNOW details about this?

**STAR** if you think this is interesting! Thanks guys!

Answer 1

I'm sorry - I just really don't think that this will work.  I haven't heard any research to support the effectiveness of what you describe.  You might want to listen to an episode of my podcast which describes how not to be taken in by self-help techniques that simply don't work.  Here's the link:

http://www.thepsychfiles.com/2008/07/21/...

I think this will help.  Good luck,

Michael

Host of The Psych Files podcast

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Answer 2

I wonder why no one has answered yet. You sound right on the money the only thing that I would change is I would take out "whoever" and say exactly what you want maybe, I could be wrong I just thought your sentence was vague but you probably knew that. I think hypnosis works.