hen a child experiences stress from harsh words repeatedly spoken, or a traumatic event that leaves a lasting imprint in the mind, then our minds put that event on basically a loop. These events turn into memories (memory recall changes every time we recall an instance) and then into a belief and then in to a habit and then into a way of being throughout your life. Amazing part is, even if the incident happened so young we can’t even remember it, it still happened and got stored in the back files of our minds. Despite if it was major traumatic event, or something as simple as a parent, teacher or bully saying something derogatory to us. That moment imprinted and encoded that into those newly forming neurons and interconnected neural pathways and a repeated habit was formed. If really traumatic, our brilliant minds try to protect us and make us forget or change what happened. (this is where memory recall changes) As I said our minds are unique and brilliant. So if you ever question now as an adult, why do I think this way all the time, why do I date the same type of person, even though they are not right for me, or why can I not stop the tornado of whirling thoughts in my head…. Well odds are yes, it is due to something we made meaning of from womb to 8 and then just kept that snowball rolling down the hill of our life. That root cause of the snowflake are hidden in the back file of our mind, somewhere waiting to be discovered.