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I used to get very upset when the football team I played
in or even the one I supported lost a game, the cup, etc. Losing would distress
me so much that I’d end up angry and in tears.
Now I no longer get worked up about things like losing a
football game but, as with everything, I recently started to question why this
is.
One explanation could be that the antipsychotic
medication has numbed my emotions to the point that I am physically incapable
of caring.
But what if it’s simply that I’ve managed to alter my
thought processes?
Have I matured to the point that winning no longer has
the some importance in my life?
What if the desire to win (that, when not achieved, can
leave a grown man in tears) isn’t a natural impulse? What if our culture has
developed in a way that shapes our brain so that it wants to win, when what is truly
natural for us is more the opposite?
I saw this army slogan recently and it seemed to be very appropriate to this idea of winning so I've included a link to the British Army Blog.
http://britisharmy.wordpress.com/
It's a loose connection but this TED talk rekindled it for me so here's the link:
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