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How Trauma Influences Our Decisions

2 Aug 2024 · 1 min

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Amber Hollingsworth introduces how many hidden factors—trauma, childhood experiences, daily state (e.g., hunger, morning mood), and subconscious biases—strongly influence our decisions, often more than conscious intent. She says she will explain relevant research and offer ways to regain control, particularly around addictive behaviors and supporting addicted loved ones.

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Like I said, we like to think we're in charge, but we're not nearly as in charge as we think we are. There are so many factors, like trauma, like your childhood experiences, like how your morning has gone, like whether or not you're hungry or not, about your subconscious biases. All these things impact how we make decisions. Our environment controls our decision making much, much more than you. And I like to think that it does. And I want to pull apart some of this. I want to tell you about some of this research. And then I also want to tell you how empower yourself to take more control, especially when it comes to addictive behaviors or having an addicted loved one.