The interpretation of sensory input and the images they create is accomplished in individuals by many mechanisms. Contrast and comparison or difference and similarity are the underpinnings of most all human understanding and interpretive mechanisms. This is partly due to the way humans see and otherwise sense the world around them. Individuals see forms and color in terms of the quantity and angle of light reflected from objects. Human beings sense shadow and reflection or light and dark., hot and cold, rough and smooth, loudness and silence, odorlessness and pungency.
Therefore, individuals modify and extend the physiological mechanisms used to sense the external world, for use in the realm of thoughts, ideas, and mental images. However, the sources of illumination in the arena of thoughts are an individual’s past and present experiences, memories either perceived or imagined, and any attendant emotions and or desires, in that by comparison and contrast with these elements humans give form to new thoughts, including judgments about what is perceived through the senses.
Moreover, some of the sources of mental illumination or reflection that can lead to unhealthy thinking are:
- Assumptions about causes.
- Assumptions about effects or the future.
- Miscategorizations.
- Extreme:Guilt, Fear, Anger, Jealousy, Greed
- Self-image/definition issues.
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