I always wondered what that meant when
my ex used to say that to me. I was about 21...22 and he would always say
that I wasn't acting normally. I kept racking my brain and trying to
figure out why he was giving me such a hard time because although my mind was
moving at 3000 miles per hour, I felt like I was being myself. We went
out to a party one time and there were a ton of chicks there that I thought
looked more voluptuous and prettier than I did. I tried to be chill about
my insecurities and "drink it off", but it came out through my slick
remarks and "sideway" comments about how I knew that my boyfriend (at
the time) was looking at the other women in the room. It got even worse
the more I drank and I treated my boyfriend like he had already done something
because I was insecure deep down and wanted to mentally prepare myself for the
worst.
This is one thing I realize now that I am older and more educated (book-wise and about life). Your subconscious mind is just as powerful as your conscious mind. Most of what you contain internally comes out in some way and if you are insecure - there is little you can do to truly hide that from a person that knows you.
I'm not saying that you can't fool anybody about what you're thinking or feeling, but I am saying that the things we dwell on in our minds WILL END UP BEING EXPRESSED THRU OUR ACTIONS IN SOME WAY.
This is why it's so important to be honest with yourself about things that you feel. Negative thoughts DO become negative actions unless you fight negativity with POSITIVE ENERGY. If you are constantly around someone who feeds you negative emotions or energy, it will impact you and influence you subconsciously. And like I said before...
This is one thing I realize now that I am older and more educated (book-wise and about life). Your subconscious mind is just as powerful as your conscious mind. Most of what you contain internally comes out in some way and if you are insecure - there is little you can do to truly hide that from a person that knows you.
I'm not saying that you can't fool anybody about what you're thinking or feeling, but I am saying that the things we dwell on in our minds WILL END UP BEING EXPRESSED THRU OUR ACTIONS IN SOME WAY.
This is why it's so important to be honest with yourself about things that you feel. Negative thoughts DO become negative actions unless you fight negativity with POSITIVE ENERGY. If you are constantly around someone who feeds you negative emotions or energy, it will impact you and influence you subconsciously. And like I said before...
Your subconscious mind is just as
powerful as your conscious mind.
And why you ask? Because of
THE POWER OF REPETITION. That's how we memorize information right?
That's how things stick in our head. And if actions do more than words,
why wouldn't repeated acts of negativity do the same thing in our brains?
Our subconscious mind helps us store information. (I'm really not trying to
sound like a science book but I'm telling you some good stuff right here so
keep reading damn it...) The more you feed your mind with negative
thoughts or insecurities, the more you will act the way you think.
If this applies to anyone
reading... Ask yourself WHY you don't act naturally? Or better
question, does the person/people you are dealing with make you feel as if you
have to be aware of yourself in order to be around them?
Being comfortable in your skin is
communicated by what you do...not what you try to convince others. Your
mouth may say you're being YOU but your body and eyes might be showing others
just how afraid you really are. Think about it.