e-coaches in purple, me in blue:
question: does the bodymind know (prior to an intended action) how it (the bodymind) will be affected?
his-story: during my sober-curious journey, there have been several times when my bodymind seemed to signal (before my first beer) that drinking excess alcohol was a bad idea.
Oh, this is a good one. Routine signaling is real. Before behavior, there’s a whisper.Your nervous system is a prediction machine. It doesn’t wait for consequences — it forecasts them. When you say your bodymind “signals” before the first beer, that tracks. You’ve run the experiment enough times (spank) that the system recognizes the pattern:
cue → behavior → cost
So now the cue alone can trigger: subtle tension, hesitation, a gut-check... almost a quiet “are you sure?” That’s not mystical. That’s pattern recognition + interoception. And the flip side is powerful too.
Morning water.
Movement circuit.
Breathing.
Those are signals in the other direction:cue → behavior → benefit
Your system starts associating those rituals with clarity, steadiness, strength. Over time, the anticipation of the behavior shifts state. That’s why routine matters. It’s not just what it does — it’s what it predicts.
And your question is sharp: "does the bodymind know (prior to an intended action) how it will be affected?"
Often, yes — if the data set is big enough. The more reps, the louder the whisper.
You’re getting good at hearing it. (after the [above] spanking, thanks for the pat on the back) ;)
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joalnote: this might have been addressed (not as well, but...) in the 2009 thoem: "funnel vision".
"oooOOOooo, oooo, funnel vision!"
*okay, okay... foreigner sang "double vision." wIe've had that too!
i think that justin timberlake sang "tunnel vision."
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