Are you familiar with Lester Loborsky's work regarding how we subconsciouslyy or pre- consciously avoid seeing what we don't want to see ?
I'm not, but it sounds like i definitely should. Sounds like a good resource for a lesson on perception. ?
Well that will certainly mess with your head. If your perception is not what's actually occurring you need to find out why that is unless you don't care. If that is your reality you should check with a couple other people and see what there's is. We certainly know that at least 35% of the United States has a different perception of reality than what actually is, because they listen to the snake oil salesman in chief.
For many of those who have posted that they agree with this suggestion, I would beg to differ. There's a difference between what your opinion is about what's occurring and whether it's occurring or not.
I love this quote. I'm not sure if it's entirely true, but I can tell you this: I have experienced relating an event and then having more than one person who was at that same event seeing something entirely different. There's another quote I love: Believing is seeing. And it is. Whatever you believe definitely colors and tilts what you see.
I believe that. That's why I have trouble with religion and spirituality. I have never had the experiences that believers have that affirm their belief. Maybe you have to believe first in order to have the experience.
No two people see the same event in exactly the same way. I frequently found this out when my husband and I would reminisce on past events!
I've said it forever...perception is reality... That's why narcissist behavior is so hard to deal with... It's because they TRULY believe what they're saying even if it's a lie... It's their perception of what happened...
We see because light waves hit our optic nerve. We hear because sound waves hit our ear drums. We feel because the nerves in our flesh are stimulated. So the world, as we perceive it, is in our heads.
That's what I think. Another quote: "Well of course it's all happening in our heads, but why should that make it any less real?"
It is a true quote because we are all different and see things differently. I dislike Trump and would not go across the street to see him but he recently said "what you are seeing and what you are hearing is not what is really going on." I'm sure he wants to tell you what to believe but his quote is exactly correct.
I think the quote is just referring to how we perceive what's really going on. Psychologically, our perception of what happened can change our reality. Two people can experience the exact same event, but their perception can lead to two completely different stories, all of which is influenced by the beliefs, values, moods, etc. that they project onto what they perceive as reality.