Psychology behind identity shift

Psychology behind identity shift

          To achieve anything worthwhile in life, we must go through an identity shift. This is not just about making a decision but it is about making a decision to change the decisions you make because you will change.

          We are who we are right now because of the way think. In particularly, we are who we are right now because of the way we thought about the decisions we’ve made in the past. This thought process will affect our ability to make future decisions. And how we make those future decisions will be the result of our identity.

          An identity shift is choosing to change your current identity because you want to become a new person and experience a new life.

          How can someone change their identity? To change your identity, you have to endure the changing process. This process will test an individual’s willpower. When the pain of staying the same is greater than the pain to change, this process is easier. For most people this is not the case because their decision to shift their identity is arbitrary.

          Most people will need to feel an emotional reason for the need to be different or they will never become different. People follow their own emotions. If people’s emotions remain the same, they will remain the same.

          How long does an identity shift take? The duration can range from several weeks to several years contingent upon one’s ability to discover their underlying emotional reason for their need to be different.

          Why some people fail to make an identity shift? Too many people are delusional when they think about changing. Most people think about everything they have to gain by becoming a different (and hopefully better) person and fail to remember that everything comes at a price. Every decision people make comes with trade-offs. By choosing to make one decision, you are choosing to not make another decision. In conclusion, we can’t have everything we want in life but we can have almost anything we want as long as we are willing to become the right person.