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How To Stop Bad Habits Without Feeling Deprived

By: Dee Cohen

How many times do you say you want to stop bad habits or break a pattern like smoking, overeating or nail biting but a month later feel defeated? It can be very discouraging to have success for a week or so and then feel you've regressed.

Please don't beat yourself up because it takes time to stop a habit. You may have fallen into this pattern since a young age and it may seem like part of your personality. It isn't, it is something you've adapted.

Taoism and Buddhism speak about attachment and that we aren't who we think we are. Don't say things like I am fat or I am someone who has to smoke. We take on a persona but this isn't who we truly are. We fall into comfortable behaviors that reduce stress we think but it only causes more.

Do you really get fulfillment from your habit? Is it more of a distraction or way to numb yourself than something you truly enjoy? Look at this closely as this is a way to increase your motivation for change.

Sometimes we stop one thing but replace it with another. For instance people comment that they may quit smoking but then fall into an overeating addiction. This is really not getting at the root of the problem. Use visualization to help yourself see that you aren't depriving yourself but instead you are losing yourself into an unconscious pattern.

In addition to not feeling deprived, focus on what you DO want. Think about the lightness you want to feel when you run after dropping thirty pounds or on the vision of your hands by overcoming nail biting.

Put a picture on the fridge of what the ideal you is. Do one for six months down the road as well as one for a year later. Let this sink into your mind that you will become this person. Start small with some good habits to replace the bad ones. Even cutting back a couple of cigarettes a day is progress.

Remember that habits weren't formed overnight and they take time to change, but you can do this and your life will be fuller for doing so.

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