It's called the behavioral feedback effect, or rather, bidirectional causality.
Through the repetition of specific actions, people can form habits.
Long-standing patterns of behavior can sculpt our cognitive structures.
Our actions can, likewise, affect how we perceive ourselves.
Long-term habitual behaviors can even directly impact brain structure and function, a phenomenon also known as neural plasticity.
That's why many professionals under high stress on Blue Star are keen on night running and hitting the gym, and why many psychiatrists advise their patients not to overthink things beforehand but to take action first.
Because once behavior is set in motion, the whirlwind of thoughts is hijacked by the mind along with it, reducing the chances of unwarranted internal conflict and anxiety.
However, when this behavioral feedback effect was applied to the practice of **Authority**... it became quite complicated to articulate.
