the Fight Club theory - NLP and creating a split personality in yourself

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So I've been thinking for a while. Most of the times when you're starting out or being shy etc, you want to be the cool kid - the confident bad boy. But it doesn't feel like it's you. You'd feel silly if you'd try being that guy.


And it came to me - the Fight Club NLP theory, You know how in Fight Club (!!spoilers!!) the good guy narrator turns out to be Tyler Durden. One guy with split personality - one cool guy one not so much. And they just switch places some times.


I thought what if you could program your mind to create a second personality - that is the kind of you guy I wish you could be. Of course you'd have to use some neuro-programming. I think you need and "anchor" that tells your brain when to be Tyler and when to be normal you.

I feel like there are two anchors you should use one is a ring/bracelet/necklace/pendant that when you wear you always act like Tyler(the guy you want to become). You absolutely never make exceptions - every second you wear it you must act like the guy you want to be. If you want to do something that is regular-guy-you - you must take your "anchor" off. You do this over the course of months maybe half a year or more. Every time you put it on you must act the part. While wearing it you must never do what regular-you would do. NEVER!!!

This will program your brain to associate the "anchor" with that behavior and after a while you will automatically become that guy when you put your anchor on.


The second anchor is gonna be cologne or perfume of some kind. The sense of smell is directly connected to your olfactory nerve and your subconscious. You know when a certain smell bring back vivid memories in your head? That the point. you must wear a small bottle of the perfume/cologne of your choice and every time you act like Tyler(the guy you want to become) you give it a sniff. You might do it 50 times a day if you have to.

And after a while your brain will start to associate that smell with that behavior and just by sniffing it you'll become Tyler.



This combined with the physical "anchor" I think will provide you with the tools to reprogram your brain to create a new personality for yourself.




What do you guys think? Would this work. Has anyone heard of something like this? I'm going to do lots of research on the topic of creating a split personality.

I realize that everything that I've been must die and I must change every aspect of my personality. That's why I read GC.

 

[Drck]

Quite an interesting thought… I wouldn’t try to create second personality though. Better way is to add new features to your personality. One feature of your personality is shyness. Ok, so you are shy, so what? Add another feature to your personality: confidence. Now you have two features, you can use shyness when you want, and you can use confidence when you want. While you are adding features, why not to add a Nice Guy and Asshole features? It is great, just add them to your personality. Be a Nice Guy when you want to, and be an Asshole when you feel like to. Or be Nothing, drop all the features, forget your personality…


As far as anchor – what if you lose your bracelet and perfume? What if you don’t have them while you unexpectedly meet that girl? You are screwed, unless your anchor is something on your body. People usually recommend putting three fingers together. I consider it primitive. Consider anchor as your whole body. This way, if you lose all 3 fingers you can still be a great seducer - you just have to remember the rest of your body

 

[R.A.D.]

Hi, the thing with a split personality also as it happens in fight club is that it wont always work in your favour and it wont always obey your other personality rules. Remember that having a split self is actually a problem not a blessing. Main problem is you might be able to do more things but your emotional life will be a mess and how much can you actually enjoy something you dont feel you did yourself or that you depend on something else to do? A split personality cannot actually be controled if you manage to achieve that.

As for the anchor maybe you could think it as an amulet? there is material to research about amulets, i wouldnt know what to suggest you know because i forgot already, but you could be talking about an object invested with power that allows you to do something you usually cant, thats something more suitable for practical research although as drck says you will depend on this object. Many people did that over the years.

I agree as above you are better off working with you and when you can move forward into a more complex and happier "you" you will feel a lot better (this is the hard way of course). To use your words, instead of programming your brain why dont you think about deprograming the things that you dont like about yourself so they wont bother you as much.

There are a lot of cool kids around for girls to choose from, maybe you are more interesting than them but just cannot find a way to be comfortable and use that to your advantage?

 

[Joy]

The idea is interesting I just see no reason to develop a multiple personality disorder for shits and giggles.

I don't judge, but I believe you're better off becoming a better, faster, stronger, and sexier version of yourself than forcing yourself into pretending to be the anti-hero version of yourself.