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ly researchers believed that neurogenesis, or the creation of new neurons, stopped shortly after birth. Today, it’s understood that the brain possesses the remarkable capacity to reorganize pathways, create new connections, and, in some cases, even create new neurons — a concept called neuroplasticity, or brain plasticity.</p></blockquote><p id="4687">Without going into all the evidence — <i>to save your time, and hoping you might have a little faith in me </i>— It is believed that, as much as your brain becomes fixated after a certain age, <i>averaging at 25–30 years</i>, as much as there is evidence that our brains can change as well. For example, I readjusted that I can expect different results in the situation mentioned at the beginning of this article when it is coming from a different person.</p><p id="4082">There is some evidence that the more we expose our brains to new experiences, our brains form new neuron connections and in turn, this pushes us to understand better and not rely on our past experiences.</p><h1 id="7685">Where I am going with all of this</h1><p id="43b7">Well, I believe that, without the right environment to enable change, your brain won’t be able to focus on what’s needed to create new neurons. Instead, you will be stuck in survival mode, meaning your brain will be choosing to travel along pathways it’s already familiar with to mitigate risk.</p><p id="0a79"><i>While Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. Don’t let that confuse you with doing the same thing with a different person and expecting the same result.</i></p><p id="f1e8"><i>If you liked this, you might find the following articles enjoyable as well:</i></p><div id="5aa4" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/how-to-choose-your-treating-physician-and-adjust-your-expectations-b7a515525fa0"> <div> <div> <h2>How To Choose Your Treating Physician and Adjust Your Expectations</h2> <div><h3>The more expensive does not necessarily mean the better.</h3></div>

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Why Your Past Experience Will Always Hunt You

Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

These words are usually — arguably — credited to the acclaimed genius Albert Einstein.

What really put me into writing about this article, is a recent situation that I had with my girlfriend. I think It would be best described as one of those usual mini-arguments that couples tend to have. Being in previous relationships, when I used to experience a similar situation, I was always met with a default arguable response. Since that, I always expected the same response whenever I encountered the same situation with anyone else.

My brain took a noticeably long time to get over this process, as I am dating a different person, going through that situation won’t trigger the same response again. sounds self-explanatory, isn’t it?

“In most of us, by the age of thirty, the character has set like plaster, and will never soften again.” That quote was made famous by Harvard psychologist William James in his 1890 book The Principles of Psychology.

But we do change, as time passes by, we learn about different experiences and we meet different people. This in turn forms new triggers, expectations and responses in our brains.

But wait a minute, so are our brains still malleable or are they now fixed?

Then comes Neuroplasticity…

The human brain is composed of approximately 86 billion neurons. Early researchers believed that neurogenesis, or the creation of new neurons, stopped shortly after birth. Today, it’s understood that the brain possesses the remarkable capacity to reorganize pathways, create new connections, and, in some cases, even create new neurons — a concept called neuroplasticity, or brain plasticity.

Without going into all the evidence — to save your time, and hoping you might have a little faith in me — It is believed that, as much as your brain becomes fixated after a certain age, averaging at 25–30 years, as much as there is evidence that our brains can change as well. For example, I readjusted that I can expect different results in the situation mentioned at the beginning of this article when it is coming from a different person.

There is some evidence that the more we expose our brains to new experiences, our brains form new neuron connections and in turn, this pushes us to understand better and not rely on our past experiences.

Where I am going with all of this

Well, I believe that, without the right environment to enable change, your brain won’t be able to focus on what’s needed to create new neurons. Instead, you will be stuck in survival mode, meaning your brain will be choosing to travel along pathways it’s already familiar with to mitigate risk.

While Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. Don’t let that confuse you with doing the same thing with a different person and expecting the same result.