Why we are bad at dealing with change

-Business Insider- Whatever happens in your life you can be sure of this: things are going to change. As life goes on you are faced with almost infinite changes. Some of them are small such as a trying a new shampoo and some are large like getting a new job or moving house. Some changes are pleasant but some are painful like breaking up with a partner or losing a relative. Christopher Harvey senior manager of change methodology within global projects & change at PwC and founder of the professional coaching service Harvey Sinclair told Business Insider people are pretty badly equipped to deal with change. We all know change happens so often now and frequently but we dont differentiate it from anything else that happens in our lives he said. So on the whole it becomes like diluting something that tastes bad with a load of water so it doesnt taste bad anymore. Essentially humans suck at dealing with change he said. Even if the change seems like a positive one your reaction subconsciously plays on your mind. Things like when you get a promotion or someone wins the lottery we think thats the best thing that could happen to you ever right? Harvey said. Instantly you feel elated and positive but... Your spectrum of your thought process has now been stretched beyond your experience previously and therefore youre more volatile and more likely to experience massive mood swings. People dont tend to think about the impacts of change because they think theyre better at dealing with it than they actually are Harvey said. And theyre also not held to account over it.