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Hardest thing to Break
'Old habits, both Good and Bad are hard to break' says a study conducted by Larry Jacoby, Ph.D., a professor of psychology in Arts & Sciences at Washington University and co-author of the study.
The findings are bad news for people struggling to change harmful behaviors, such as smoking or overeating, and good news for people who establish healthy lifestyles at an early age. Even when we consciously try to put new good intentions into place, those previously learned habits remain stronger in more automatic, unconscious forms of memory.
"We may try to change our ways, but after awhile, the response that comes to mind first is usually the first one we learned," Jacoby says. "If you learn the correct response in the first place, the passage of time will make you more likely to revert to that correct response."
The study suggests that over time, our bad habits (such as smoking) become automatic, learned behaviors. It also may help explain why when we're under stress we fall back into old habits, such as cheating on a new diet after a bad day at work. Stress can weaken our control over memory and behavior, so that those automatic, habitual responses from the past become more influential. With control weakened, those automatic responses — such as eating a cookie or smoking a cigarette — can override our new good intentions.
Another hardest thing to break is THE SENSE OF ATTACHMENT
Sense of Attachment
This is inborn with everyone,
Even a small kid holds a toy saying it is mine’
These senses never die however hard one tries.
Nothing is owned by us. Everything will be given, taken, lost, abandoned or forgotten in the end.
We came into our current lifetimes with nothing and no matter how much we accumulate, we leave with nothing.
So wouldn't it be wise that in between, we develop no real attachments or put so much emphasis on the material or relationships?
Probably the easiest to break is the Promise we make every new year!!
think it over!!
Old habits, both good and bad, are hard to break, suggests study of human memory | Newsroom | Washington University in St. Louis
'Old habits, both Good and Bad are hard to break' says a study conducted by Larry Jacoby, Ph.D., a professor of psychology in Arts & Sciences at Washington University and co-author of the study.
The findings are bad news for people struggling to change harmful behaviors, such as smoking or overeating, and good news for people who establish healthy lifestyles at an early age. Even when we consciously try to put new good intentions into place, those previously learned habits remain stronger in more automatic, unconscious forms of memory.
"We may try to change our ways, but after awhile, the response that comes to mind first is usually the first one we learned," Jacoby says. "If you learn the correct response in the first place, the passage of time will make you more likely to revert to that correct response."
The study suggests that over time, our bad habits (such as smoking) become automatic, learned behaviors. It also may help explain why when we're under stress we fall back into old habits, such as cheating on a new diet after a bad day at work. Stress can weaken our control over memory and behavior, so that those automatic, habitual responses from the past become more influential. With control weakened, those automatic responses — such as eating a cookie or smoking a cigarette — can override our new good intentions.
Another hardest thing to break is THE SENSE OF ATTACHMENT
Sense of Attachment
This is inborn with everyone,
Even a small kid holds a toy saying it is mine’
These senses never die however hard one tries.
Nothing is owned by us. Everything will be given, taken, lost, abandoned or forgotten in the end.
We came into our current lifetimes with nothing and no matter how much we accumulate, we leave with nothing.
So wouldn't it be wise that in between, we develop no real attachments or put so much emphasis on the material or relationships?
Probably the easiest to break is the Promise we make every new year!!
think it over!!
Old habits, both good and bad, are hard to break, suggests study of human memory | Newsroom | Washington University in St. Louis
