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I didn't fly and change your core beliefs in this section, we are going to explore what drives those

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negative thoughts.

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Why do our minds produce those thinking patterns so quickly and effortlessly?

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We will dive deeper into the nature of our thought processes and we will find there are deep seated

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beliefs that underlie our everyday thoughts and that we can modify through CBT.

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Why do we have core beliefs?

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Our brains have to process an incredible amount of information.

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Imagine you're walking in a big city looking for a restaurant where you are meeting a friend.

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When you enter the restaurant, your senses will be bombarded with countless stimuli, people standing,

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others setting various rooms and so forth.

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If you had to consciously process each stimulus, it would take an enormous amount of time to figure

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out the scenario.

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Fortunately, our minds contain maps that help us quickly make sense of the situation.

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Assuming it's not the first time we've been in a restaurant, we know the person who greets us is the

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host.

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So we explain that we are meeting a friend who will be joining us shortly.

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We're not the least bit surprised when the host hands us a piece of paper after we sit down, which

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we know this is a list of the food items and drinks and the prize for each.

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Our entire meal will unfold in a predictable way through paying the check and saying goodbye to the

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host on the way out.

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This example shows that our brains develop shortcuts based on the prior learning.

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Once we have knowledge about a certain experience, we can navigate it efficiently.

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This ability shows that we bring organized knowledge to the experience, relying on internal model that

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guides our behavior.

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Cognitive psychologists call these internal models schema or scripts.

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If you pay attention throughout your day, you will notice many such scripts you follow getting ready

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for work, making food, driving a car and checking out at the grocery store to name a few.

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These scripts give rise to the automatic responses that often don't even require conscious thought in

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just the same way our minds developmental structures that help us deal with potentially emotional situations

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like rejection, success, failure and so forth.

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For example, if we experience a small failure like missing our gene and being late to a meeting, we

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might think we irresponsible and respond with feelings of guilt and regret.

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We might enter the meeting and with words and a behavior that suggests not just I'm sorry, but also

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I've done something wrong or about these thoughts, feelings and behaviours result from the core belief

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I'm inadequate.

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Maintaining a different core belief would give rise to a very different cluster of responses.

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If I believe on a fundamental level that I'm a person of worth, I may see my tardiness as regrettable

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but not indicative of my overall value.

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I would certainly experience less stress on my commute to work, since my worth as a human being does

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not relate to whether I'm on time.

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Even if my boss pointed out that I'm late, it wouldn't have a major impact on how I felt about myself.

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Sometimes our core beliefs then reveal themselves through our assumptions about how others of us.

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This process is a type of projection because we project our beliefs about ourselves and to others.

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For example, if I make a mistake and assume people think I'm a terrible disappointment, it may be

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the case that I see myself as a terrible disappointment, big attention to what you assume others believe

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to be true about.

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You can help reveal your core beliefs.