S.A.D. IS REALLY SAD

Many of us have seen the acronym S.A.D. As you’re reading this you probably have already thought about a phrase of words this acronym represents. What I’ll bet you didn’t realize is there are HUNDREDS of different phrases in health and other fields associated with S.A.D. Does you BRAIN take you down the path of one of these eight choices?

1. Standard American Diet

2. Seasonal Affective Disorder

3. Social Anxiety Disorder

4. Separation Anxiety Disorder

5. Schizoaffective Disorder

6. Substance Abuse Deaths

7. Systemic Autoimmune Disease

8. Specific Antibody Deficiency

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but ONLY if your brain CHOOSES a NEGATIVE PATHWAY. You see, S.A.D. also stands for:

1. Stand and Deliver

2. Special Assistance for the Disabled

3. Student Academic Development

4. Science for Action and Development

5. School of Architecture and Design

6. Spacial Analysis Design

7. Social Affairs Department

We rarely consider our thinking patterns and behaviors. We may view ourselves as OPTIMISTS or PESSIMISTS, but we rarely consider how we arrived at our conclusion.

WHICH PATH HAVE YOU TAUGHT YOUR BRAIN TO FOLLOW?

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Is your initial reflexive response CONSTRUCTIVE or DESTRUCTIVE? Answering this question might reveal a missing piece of the puzzle explaining difficulties faced overcoming obstacles interfering with achieving personal goals.

If your MIND has developed inadvertently to work in opposition to your REALISTIC HUMAN NEEDS AND ACTIONS, your ability to achieve LONG TERM RESULTS is highly unlikely. We have a tendency to mistakenly blame our FAILURE on the specific TASK, rather than the ACTION PLAN created by the MIND that designed it.

Example: You can’t lose weight and maintain a healthier weight LONG TERM giving up dessert and only eating salads for lunch everyday. Our realistic human needs will NEVER accept our brain’s action plan (designed in this case to cause EXTREME SELF SACRIFICE and DEPRIVATION) as a method for achieving LONG TERM weight loss and maintenance.

By implementing SMALL GRADUAL ACHIEVABLE changes designed to reinforce a model of REPETITIVE SUCCESS, the individual begins aligning the MIND (and its ACTION PLAN) with the NEEDS of the body. This approach removes the “tug of war” obstacle between MIND and BODY creating unification and an acceptable COMPROMISE (ex. incorporating unhealthy foods within a healthy nutrition plan.) The NEGATIVE feelings of deprivation and anxiety are replaced with POSITIVE accolades reinforcing an awareness of greater SELF CONTROL. Although our example deals with food and weight loss, it can be applied to any situation where the mind competes with human wants, needs and desires.

SO, WHICH PATH WILL YOU TRAIN YOUR BRAIN TO FOLLOW?

If you don’t know the answer to this, start with a simple question? When you hear the acronym S.A.D., what pathway will you DIRECT YOUR BRAIN TO FOLLOW?

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JUST MAKE CERTAIN YOU AVOID:

 

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