{"id":71581,"date":"2022-07-16T12:38:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-16T16:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=71581"},"modified":"2022-07-19T09:23:57","modified_gmt":"2022-07-19T13:23:57","slug":"how-our-thoughts-create-our-reality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-our-thoughts-create-our-reality\/","title":{"rendered":"How Our Thoughts Create Our Reality"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>How do your thoughts impact your life? Can you really manifest the life you want with your thoughts alone?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To understand the effect your thoughts have on your life and your well-being, you first need to grasp one key idea: There\u2019s no such thing as an objective experience. In other words, there\u2019s no one \u201cright\u201d way to interpret your experiences.&nbsp;In some sense, you can actually manifest your life experiences with your thoughts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s how our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/change-your-thoughts\/\">thoughts create our reality<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-your-thoughts-determine-how-you-interpret-everything\"><strong>Your Thoughts Determine How You Interpret Everything<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>No life experience has inherent qualities of its own\u2014such as being good, bad, right, or wrong. You only assign these values to them because of the way you think about and interpret them. Therefore, it\u2019s not your experiences that determine how you feel, but your thoughts <em>about <\/em>these experiences.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>How Our Thoughts Create Our Reality<\/strong><br><br>While many self-help authors mirror Wiest\u2019s view that your thoughts determine how you interpret experiences, Norman Vincent Peale (<a href=\"https:\/\/shortform.com\/app\/book\/the-power-of-positive-thinking\"><em>The Power of Positive Thinking<\/em><\/a>) takes this idea one step further. He claims that <a href=\"https:\/\/shortform.com\/app\/book\/the-power-of-positive-thinking#we-create-our-own-obstacles\">your thoughts aren\u2019t only a <em>response<\/em> to your experiences, but are also the <em>cause<\/em> of your experiences<\/a>. He explains that your thoughts during an experience determine how you react to it. This reaction shapes how subsequent experiences play out.&nbsp;<br><br>For example, consider how your thoughts during a heated discussion shape what happens next. When you think the other person is trying to upset you, you feel wronged and react defensively or aggressively\u2014the discussion then turns to conflict. On the other hand, when you think the other person is simply expressing their opinion, you don\u2019t take their words personally and find it easier to respond rationally. This helps ease the tension and keep you and the other person on friendly terms.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-feedback-loops-reinforce-your-thoughts-and-feelings\"><strong>Feedback Loops Reinforce Your Thoughts and Feelings<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, Wiest argues that it\u2019s difficult to change the way you think and feel about what happens to you. This is because your thinking patterns lock you into a feedback loop that reinforces the way you interpret your experiences.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The following five-step process illustrates how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/feedback-loop-meaning\/\">feedback loops<\/a> reinforce your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/thoughts-feelings-and-behaviors\/\">thoughts and feelings<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Your state of mind influences what types of thoughts you have.<\/strong> For example, you\u2019re experiencing stress so you have worrisome thoughts.&nbsp;<\/li><li><strong>Those thoughts influence the way you feel.<\/strong> Your worrisome thoughts make you feel anxious and this increases your stress levels.<\/li><li><strong>Your feelings determine what you pay attention to.<\/strong> Your feelings of anxiety compel you to focus disproportionately on things that are going wrong in your life. As a result, you engage in more worrisome thoughts and further increase your stress levels.<\/li><li><strong>What you pay attention to determines how you interpret and judge your experiences.<\/strong> Your focus on what\u2019s going wrong in your life leads you to judge your experiences as difficult or problematic\u2014because it blocks you from perceiving what\u2019s going well in your life.<\/li><li><strong>Your judgments reinforce how you feel, what you think, and your state of mind.<\/strong> Because you\u2019re judging your experiences as problematic, you continue to feel anxious and you believe that you have a reason to experience stress. As a result, you continue to interpret everything that happens from this negative perspective.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-your-thoughts-shape-your-view-of-the-past-and-future\"><strong>Your Thoughts Shape Your View of the Past and Future<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Wiest claims that this process of interpretation isn\u2019t limited to the present moment. Your thoughts also impact the way you experience memories of the past or expectations for the future\u2014because you project your current state of mind onto whatever you think about. This explains why your feelings about the past or future often fluctuate depending on your current mood.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Shortform note: The psychological term \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/us\/blog\/the-young-and-the-restless\/201411\/case-the-malleable-memory\">mood-congruency<\/a>\u201d explains why memories and expectations change according to your mood. 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