Reactive Responses

Without consciously bringing these mental models [concepts from our past] to our attention, we can become “stuck in reactive responses based upon our past experience...Our automatic adaptations to these earlier experiences then become “who we are” and our life story becomes written for us, not by us...We are no longer making thoughtful choices...but rather are reacting on the basis of experiences from our past.”

Implicit Memory Slide From Unified Therapy Seminar, Oct 2009 with Dr. Paul Canali

Quote from -Daniel J. Seigel, MD & Mary Hartzell, M.ED, Parenting from the Inside Out (NY,NY: Penguin Group, 2004) pp.22-28