Dice Therapy

Assume that we're all born without personality constraints. That we can be anyone, say anything and act in any way possible. Then, as a result of ongoing psychosocial conditioning, our behaviours and ideas become a product of our derived values, fears and perceived limitations. We make decisions that shortfall our potential, we regret certain actions (or not taking actions) and we often don’t outstep our comfort zones for fear of rejection or failure. Our lives become mundane and repetitive.There is a principle that aims to challenge our personality and break it free from its individual limitations. It uses a simple technique of removing our ability to make decisions, thus removing regret, personal bias and control. We put ourselves in the partial hands of chance and open ourselves up to endless possibilities.

In the 60’s psychologists developed this technique and called it Dice Therapy; whereby a person had to present 6 random choices (derived within the moral code of each individual) at every point of choice and depending on the toss of a dice, adhere to the corresponding outcome. Eventually, Dice Therapy was believed to split the self into multiple personalities and allow the user to be free…from themselves; our greatest enemy.

Over the years (particularly when I’ve needed more spice in my life), I’ve used a simplified version of this technique; the coin toss. Every decision is heads or tails (yes or no); from whether to eat at a restaurant, talk to a girl, go traveling, party or stay home….The best part for me is the aspect of no regrets, and no second guessing myself; decisions are instant and final. It’s an amazing way to step outside the boundaries.

There is one rule to coin living: some decisions are too big or too important and cannot be attributed to chance. If you flip the coin and instead of being caught, it falls to the floor; make the decision yourself.