I Love You Keep Going with George Haas Conflict Resolution and Attachment
Feb 20, 2026
Explores how mind-states act like eyeglasses that filter perception and shape emotional labels. Examines attachment and exploration systems and their roots in early caregiving. Maps childhood attachment patterns to adult relationship behavior and conflict responses. Covers mentalizing, social learning in childhood, forgiveness practices, and a short guided meditation.
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Mind States Act As Perceptual Filters
- Mind states are filters that distort raw sensing into a constructed perception of reality.
- George Haas explains sensing, vedna evaluation, and how preference/aversion bias shapes what we notice and feel urgently.
Unconscious Processing Dominates Conscious Experience
- The body-mind processes millions of bits per second while the conscious self processes only about 16 bits, causing unconscious evaluations to drive much of perception.
- Haas gives sensory timing examples: danger perceived faster than pleasant stimuli, biasing attention to threats.
Dog Walk Triggered Instant Defensive Imagination
- George Haas recounts walking his small dog Lucy past a large off-leash dog and immediately visualizing defensive moves.
- The story illustrates automatic threat-focused imagining driven by attachment to protect what matters.