You found it. The ability to reprogram your perspectives and responses. This is huge. Good on you. It can reward you for the rest of your life.

When my brother and I were young we stumbled upon it. We made ourselves love the smell of a skunk. Granted I’m not talking the heft of getting sprayed by one. I’m talking about that smell of one while driving or cycling through an area where one had been active. To this day, telling myself “I love it”, with a big smile on my face all those years ago has me enjoying the smell. I use that in all sorts of scenarios. It’s a fake that it’s real until you make it actually feel real. Such a powerful way to face adversity and displeasure in this world. Not to mention, as you did, the ability to cure our minds. Wanting the cure came first for you. Then you performed it. Well done.