The Dhaka Times Desk It is difficult to find ideal people in behavior. Everyone has some bad habits. Quitting these bad habits is difficult for many. For those who can't kick the bad habit despite many attempts, here are four simple but effective strategies.
It is important for many to give up bad habits such as smoking, overeating, biting the nose or wasting hours on the Internet. You may have tried many ways for this. But the result is zero. According to psychologists, it is better to understand one's own mental state and work with one's head than to forcefully stop bad habits. Researching the psychology of different people has found four ways to quit addiction. Let's find out what the trick is…
1. Figure out why and when you're doing it
Various bad habits occur for various reasons such as boredom or extreme stress. If observed, these occur in specific situations and times. So first of all we need to know about the reason and time of bad habit.
Every bad habit will give you some good feeling. Smoking and drinking will reduce stress, spending time on the internet will keep your mind busy. Find out what your bad habits are doing for you.
Being with certain people or certain situations may trigger your bad habits. Knowing these things will make it easier to find the right way to overcome them. Each cause can be analyzed and remedied.
2. Find alternative habits
Studies have shown that replacing old bad habits with relatively good ones, rather than completely eliminating them, produces better results. Because it requires less mental energy.
Develop new habits that benefit you from your previous habits. But be careful not to have bad effects. If there is absolutely bad influence, so that there is less than the previous one.
For example, if you want to diet, skip the snack and eat fruit. Eating something compared to not eating anything. Or say, eat a small snack to quit smoking. It is much less harmful than cigarettes.
3. Don't suppress thoughts
Deciding not to think about something gets more attention. As with the decision to quit smoking, no matter how hard you try to put it out of your mind, this one thing keeps coming back to mind. So don't forcefully decide not to think about anything.
4. Change routine and environment regularly
Changing daily routines can help kick the habit. Even if the change is not related to bad habits, it will be controlling.
According to a study in the Journal of Personality and Psychology, a new environment helps to break old habits and lead a new lifestyle.
A small change can be the key to breaking a bad habit. For example, if watching television is binge eating, stop watching television while eating to diet. Consider changing some areas of daily work accordingly.
A study in the Journal of Clinical Psychology found that 54 percent of people who wanted to change in the past six months couldn't. The interesting fact is that after failure, everyone's willpower increased 10 times than before. So don't give up. keep trying Success will come.
Source: Mindbodygreen
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