I think it’s a good question. A few of my thoughts:
Goals seem to be a fundamental part of how human minds works.
It’s impossible to move your arm without having a goal of where you want it to move.
If you switch off having a goal for the movement in hypnosis and tell someone to try to move their arm, they tense up the muscles of the arm but don’t actually move the arm.
I’m underweight. I tried a lot of interventions and measured my weight every day. One month I added 800 kcal of maltrodextrin to my tea every day.
However doing it like that didn’t work well.
Then I decided I have enough. I simple make a decision to gain weight and let the body figure out what needs to be done on it’s own. That worked till I was occupied with other stuff.
The fine control didn’t help, on the other hand the intention helped a lot.
A strong intention organizes all the mental processes. I’m more likely to follow an impulse of hunger. My body puts out the necessary hormones to put on weight.
Areas where there are lot of conflicting goals produce a drain of mental energy.
Having goals that you achieve creates a feeling of agentship. It makes you confident in achieving other things in the future.
I think it’s a good question. A few of my thoughts:
Goals seem to be a fundamental part of how human minds works. It’s impossible to move your arm without having a goal of where you want it to move.
If you switch off having a goal for the movement in hypnosis and tell someone to try to move their arm, they tense up the muscles of the arm but don’t actually move the arm.
I’m underweight. I tried a lot of interventions and measured my weight every day. One month I added 800 kcal of maltrodextrin to my tea every day. However doing it like that didn’t work well.
Then I decided I have enough. I simple make a decision to gain weight and let the body figure out what needs to be done on it’s own. That worked till I was occupied with other stuff. The fine control didn’t help, on the other hand the intention helped a lot.
A strong intention organizes all the mental processes. I’m more likely to follow an impulse of hunger. My body puts out the necessary hormones to put on weight.
Areas where there are lot of conflicting goals produce a drain of mental energy.
Having goals that you achieve creates a feeling of agentship. It makes you confident in achieving other things in the future.