Izzy KiverPresident, Covenant of Education · President at Covenant of Education

Why we act the way we do | Izzy Kiver | #motivation #empoweryourself #empowerment #shorts

Name: Why we act the way we do | Izzy Kiver | #motivation #empoweryourself #empowerment #shorts
Uploaded: 2024-05-12T20:00:11+00:00
Duration: 52 s
Channel: Izzy Kiver
Description: In this short monologue, Izzy Kiver explains that most tics and habitual behaviors stem from one of two sources: the brain's biochemistry or a past event…

12 May 2024 · 1 min

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In this short monologue, Izzy Kiver explains that most tics and habitual behaviors stem from one of two sources: the brain's biochemistry or a past event that has been buried in memory. She describes how forgotten traumatic experiences can resurface later as stress responses that shape adult behavior, using a vivid example of narrowly avoiding a car. The near‑miss registers as trauma, prompting the person to take longer, safer routes to avoid that street, a pattern that can persist for years. Kiver suggests that when we notice a unique tick or habit, we should consider whether it originates from chemical factors or an unresolved, forgotten trauma, encouraging self‑reflection to better understand our actions.

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I've noticed that most tics and behaviors can actually be tracked down to one of two things. Biochemistry, which is your brain's chemistry, or something that happened to us, a previous event which we've totally forgotten buried deep in our mind. And later it starts making its way into the behaviors that we start expressing in adulthood. A good example of this is if you're walking on the street and you almost get hit by a car, and the the car does not hit you, but your brain doesn't register. It registers that as stress, as a trauma. You maybe look for an alternative. You will go around and spend extra five minutes walking just so you don't have to cross either a certain street or just streets in general. Maybe five years down the line. So next time you do have a sort of tick or something really unique about you, and you think, hey, why am I like that?