I have often observed this dynamic in clients, friends, and even family members.
Perhaps you have already noticed or even experienced this. When someone is on the verge of debt or has already sunk into debt, it is common to resort to gambling or make impulsive trades with high leverage, turning what little is left into a true game of GAME. This behavior is often an impulsive reaction to feelings of despair or an attempt to escape stress, even if it means risking the few resources that remain.
This tendency is not exclusive to debt situations, but also occurs when you are emotionally shaken, such as after losing your job, ending a relationship, facing a bad day or getting involved in an argument, etc.
Neuroscience suggests that this propensity for high risk in times of debt is the result of a complex interaction between psychological and neurobiological factors.
Financial stress can activate the brain's reward system, leading people to seek ways to alleviate that stress, often through risky behaviors.
This happens because in stressful situations, the area of the brain responsible for making conscious decisions, such as the prefrontal cortex, can be suppressed, while areas related to the search for reward, such as the nucleus accumbens, can be hyperactivated.
This combination can lead people to make impulsive and risky choices in hopes of quickly resolving their financial problems, even though doing so could make their situation worse in the long run.
So do an emotional self-analysis before falling into this trap, you can turn your problems around. However, you will be much more successful if you are more aware, which is why I brought this post if you are not going through this but know someone who could benefit from this article, share it with them.
As Jung said, the phrase "As long as you don't bring to consciousness what you have in the unconscious, you will call it destiny."
By ignoring or repressing these unconscious contents, Jung argued that they would continue to exert their influence on us, shaping our life choices and experiences in ways that we might perceive as destiny. However, by bringing them to the light of consciousness through processes such as personal analysis, reflection and self-knowledge, we have the opportunity to understand and integrate them in a healthier and more conscious way into our lives, enabling a greater sense of freedom and self-determination.
I highlight to you here then the importance of exploring and understanding the hidden aspects of your mind to transcend the limitations they impose so that you are truly capable of consciously shaping your own destiny.#Hotrend#neuroscience#neuroeconomics#current#today#now