I’ve got a question for you. What have you learned lately that you’ve been able to apply to your everyday life? Well, you know that your brain is like a computer, it can’t do it all by itself, you need help. I mean that’s what it’s all about.
But I’ve learned to look for a problem and a solution. For example, I learned that I don’t have to “work” to get things done, I can do it just by thinking about it. This is an example of the Sgv method, which is similar to Cognitive Dissonance Therapy.
The method is similar to cognitive dissonance therapy, but instead of dealing with a negative thought, you focus on a positive thought. Sgv is like the opposite in that it focuses on positive thoughts. In the end, both of these techniques can be used, but they are very different. Sgv is less about changing your thoughts and more about changing your environment, for example, to make it easier for you to think positive thoughts.
Sgv works by giving you a task, such as ‘think of a happy memory’, which you then do to help yourself remember it. As you do the task, you will feel more positive about your thoughts, and you will have much less difficulty focusing on negative thoughts.
A lot of people use sgv to help them change their environment, but I can’t help but feel it can work to help change your thoughts. Sgv isn’t like self-awareness, where you think about your thoughts as if you were actually thinking them, but it is similar. Because you are actually thinking your thoughts, you will be able to focus on the positive ones more.
Sgv gives us a clear, measurable way to measure what we’re thinking about. We can see what positive thoughts are being expressed and what negative ones are being expressed. In other words, rather than self-awareness, Sgv lets us see our thoughts as if they were actually happening. When we’re watching TV and we get caught up in a negative thought, we don’t typically get to see it.
It’s not just that we can see more of our own thoughts. We can also see what others are thinking about us. We can identify negative thoughts and see if they’re coming from us or others. So while not all Sgv users are necessarily self-aware, the ability to see our own thoughts and the thoughts of others is a big step in the right direction.
There is always something to be said about the ability to see ourselves as if they were actually happening. Our ability to see ourselves as if we were actually doing something is the very reason we started Sgv. We all have a different way of imagining how we should act when we encounter situations. Some people see what they want to see, others focus on what they want, and others see what they want to see and then act on it.
One very helpful thing about Sgv is that it can help you see where you go wrong and the real problem. For example, if you want to be a good person but you think that all your friends are doing is being a bad person, you can use Sgv to see that your friends are all doing the exact same thing except for you. You’re not being a bad person… but it’s not exactly the same thing.
Sgv is basically a guide to how your actions affect others. Because Sgv is so flexible, it is sometimes helpful to use it to help you see the real problem. In this case, we see that the people who have been acting like bad people are actually doing their best to be good people.