Circumstance and Context

The last four weeks, I wrote about mind trap choice, how defenses can hijack you, how learned behaviors influence mind traps, and power issues. Here’s number four in the mind trap arsenal - circumstance and context.

Circumstance and context. Under certain circumstances and in specific contexts, mind traps are more likely to occur. For example, when stressed, when in a familiar situation behaving in a habitual, knee-jerk manner, or in a new context where there are many unknowns, or when in a situation that is out of our control. Our experience with COVID is a good example. Our work environment rapidly changed and with it, our experience, our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.