Auditory Digital System
Introduction
Hey there Agents of Change!
Here we are at the Auditory Digital representational system. This particular system confuses many people due to its name. It is close to the Auditory system in the fact that it is also related to sound but where it differs is in the fact that Auditory Digital is about making sense of what is heard both internally and externally.
In this module we are going to examine some of the most common characteristics of the Auditory Digital representational system.
Individuals that process mainly through the Auditory Digital system will likely manifest characteristics of the other three representational systems.
In addition, they will talk to themselves a lot (in their head – but you won’t see their lips moving like auditory learners) and like to make sense of things and understand them.
You may begin to notice that every question you ask is repeated in their head before they will answer you. So you need to give this representational system more time to process their thoughts. Whatever you do, don’t rush them.
Auditory digital processors place a high value on logic and love detail. They use words which are abstract with no direct sensory link and so learn corporate speak, acronyms and jargon easily.
They use predicates like, I understand your motivation or that computes with me. Let me think it through. I need to process that first. Let’s analyse the details more thoughtfully.
It is theorized that auditory digital processors learned at a young age that processing emotionally was unacceptable and these processors learned to disconnect from emotions.
As a result of their emotions not being attached to the words that they’re using, they often are less emotionally attached to outcomes. They are almost like scientific researchers reflecting on facts (in NLP we call this a “double dissociation”).
A person with a visual preference will experience “insights” and “illuminations” about choices and decisions. They may have vision as their lead system.
TAKE THE REPRESENTATIONAL SYSTEM QUIZ
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- Write three aha’s that you have gained from watching the video in the Facebook Mastery Group.
- Write three questions that the video has brought up about Visual Systems when working with clients.
Auditory Digital Predicates & Phrases
- Logical
- Understanding
- Criteria
- Aware
- Analyse
- Comprehend
- Believe
- Decide
- Reason
- System
- Integrate
- Consider
- Perceive
- Process
- Sense
- Experience
- Understand
- Change
- Question
- Insensitive
- Distinct Conceive Know
- Learn
- Motivate
- Consider
- Think
- Remember
- Vague
- I know that.
- Based on my research…
- That makes sense.
- “I have to think about it.”
- All the ducks are in a row (Order is very important to them.)
- Describe in detail
- Figure it out
- Make sense of it
- Pay attention to
- Word for word
- Without a doubt
My Brain has too many tabs open.
FAQ
DOES EVERYONE HAVE SOME AUDITORY DIGITAL IN THEM?
HOW DO I HELP SOMEONE THAT CAN'T FEEL THEIR EMOTIONS?
This is a common misconception when working with people that have disassociated with their emotional system. If a person is not able to connect to the emotion it doesn’t mean their isn’t memory their.
It means that they are holding the information in a different system. It will either be in images or in things they have heard… they emotions may be buried in the unconscious mind.
WHAT HAPPENS IF A PERSON THAT IS AUDITORY DIGITAL DO NOT WANT TO FEEL THEIR EMOTIONS?
Taking the emotional charge or changing how something is represented is not going to make someone lead with a Kinesthetic system.
It is likely that they will still lead with a logical or Auditory Digital system but their systems will be more in balance and they may have access to their emotional system should they choose it.
SECONDARY PAIN AND CHRONIC PAIN?
Secondary gain plays a critical role in patients with chronic pain syndromes.
It includes such things as avoiding onerous tasks;
- EXAMPLE: a worker is injured on the job. Often the patient perceives himself/herself as strong and able to carry on a hard, demanding physical job throughout their working life. However, as he/she reaches his/her early 50s, the body begins to show evidence of age and he/she is no longer able to perform the tasks.
- Next, he/she develops either a real or perceived injury and disability that prevents him/her from returning to the job; the individual may not want to return to work, does not want to return to that job in particular, or does not have the skills to find a different job.
- The regular payments, received from the insurance industry or the disability system, provide a way to avoid going back to work, while providing a living.
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