What Do You Do Under Pressure?

If you're like most folks, you go back to old, unproductive habits when under pressure. Find out  a new way to respond in this mini podcast.

Grasshopper Notes are the writings from America's Best Known Hypnotherapist John Morgan. His podcasts contain his most responded to essays and blog posts from the past two decades. 

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Transcript

What Do You Do Under Pressure?

What do you do when the pressure’s on?

If you’re like most of us, chances are—you don’t shine in those moments. Most of us tend to fall back on old, conditioned behaviors when the heat gets turned up.

Think back to when you were a kid and you scraped your knee. What usually happened? Somebody came over, gave you a few comforting words, dabbed on some antiseptic, maybe slapped on a Star Wars Band-Aid. And then—the payoff—candy, a cookie, maybe even a lollipop.

So it shouldn’t surprise us that, as adults, when we’re hurt or under pressure, our nervous system doesn’t exactly know the difference. It just recognizes “hurt” and sends us right back to those old, learned behaviors. And we look for something to ease the pain – often times something that's not in our best interest.

And here's the part that most of us miss: the moment you notice that your automatic reaction is about to kick in—that’s the moment you get a choice. Just noticing opens the door to respond differently.

For example, I know I get cranky when I’m tired. If someone pressures me when I’m in that state, odds are I’ll react in a way that doesn’t serve me well. Unless . . . I catch myself. If I notice what’s about to happen, I might say something like, “Hey, can we pick this up tomorrow? I’m not really at my best right now.” That little pause, that little noticing, can save me from saying something I’ll regret.

And you’ve probably done this with people close to you too—making excuses for their pressured reactions. “Oh, he’s just tired.” “She’s just stressed from work.” But what’s really going on is simple: they’re reacting from old patterns instead of new ones.

Here’s the takeaway: even under pressure, you do have a choice. All it takes is noticing that your old programming is about to trigger your conditioned patterns and interrupt that reaction before it comes out to play and ruins your day.

All the best,

John