Comments on: The Cure to Indecision http://livelighter.org/the-cure-to-indecision/ Healthy Living Blog Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:15:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Darius Bashar http://livelighter.org/the-cure-to-indecision/comment-page-1/#comment-192 Darius Bashar Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:49:30 +0000 http://www.livelighter.org/?p=266#comment-192 In my personal experience the only way to transcend a bad habit is to associating immediate pain to the destructive behavior. For example the idea of smoking must create a sense of immediate, unbearable and massive pain. emphasis on "immediate". For me I imagine every puff allowing cancer cells to enter and grow on to my lungs and throughout my body. I immediately connect smoking with being over weight and not being able to achieve any of my life goals. Are all these associations facts? Not for everyone but for me my mind makes them just as real as any scientific experiment could. Again the key is the association must be immediate, unbearable and massive pain. Great post Steph! Your honest commentary during your struggle is very common experience which I feel all your readers will in some way connect with. In my personal experience the only way to transcend a bad habit is to associating immediate pain to the destructive behavior.

For example the idea of smoking must create a sense of immediate, unbearable and massive pain.

emphasis on “immediate”.

For me I imagine every puff allowing cancer cells to enter and grow on to my lungs and throughout my body.

I immediately connect smoking with being over weight and not being able to achieve any of my life goals.

Are all these associations facts? Not for everyone but for me my mind makes them just as real as any scientific experiment could.

Again the key is the association must be immediate, unbearable and massive pain.

Great post Steph! Your honest commentary during your struggle is very common experience which I feel all your readers will in some way connect with. ]]> By: Steph http://livelighter.org/the-cure-to-indecision/comment-page-1/#comment-191 Steph Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:20:12 +0000 http://www.livelighter.org/?p=266#comment-191 I really appreciate the support, Emmanuel! Thank you. I really appreciate the support, Emmanuel! Thank you. ]]>