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Bad Habits Feel Good, But Why?

Every action you take has a purpose behind it.

We all know what bad habits are and how detrimental they are to our health and well-being, but still, why do we continue to do them? We all indulge in these bad habits because we feel the comfort we need while doing so.

While making decisions our brain cannot differentiate between good and bad, it only knows comfort and discomfort. Every action you take has a purpose behind it, even if you know the purpose behind it consciously or not.

The most common hidden purpose is comfort, our brain is wired to do functions that award us and in turn, releases a chemical called dopamine i.e. the feel-good hormone, into our brain.

These pleasures cause us to crave more and thus we associate good feelings with bad habits. Your brain associates smoking a cigarette at your workplace with the feeling of freedom, drinking alcohol with relieving tension, and many more. And you see, that’s how our habits are connected with a reward.

We also tend to rationalize our behavior with the perception of our society. If a major part of society is doing something, you too tend to do it regardless of judging it as good or bad. It’s not too difficult to find socially accepted bad habits like snacking, skipping workouts, getting blackout drunk, smoking, etc.

This causes an inward rationalization when it comes to unhealthy habits such as just one more won’t hurt or I’ll do better next week. But these in the moment justifications only provide a brief escape from stress.

It’s important to remember that bad habits only provide temporary comfort, an alcoholic beverage can only numb you to stress and after that the stressful reality returns.

Ironically the long-term solution to breaking bad habits is in fact discomfort. By stepping into the unknown is the only way you grow. This is why so many people have a breakdown period before breakthrough moments. The more discomfort you experience the greater the long-term benefit will be.

The simplest analogy is exercise, the more you push yourself during a workout, the more sweat burns, fatigue, exhaustion you feel, the more strength endurance, and longevity you gain?

However, most people don’t change until not changing is a less comfortable option. Powerful transformation takes place when you truly get out of your comfort zone.

Comfort is nothing more than an illusion. There’s no such thing as real comfort. There’s only the idea of what’s safe. This one is a big one to digest but there’s really no such thing as comfort, which is why comfortable things don’t last long, and why are the most well-adjusted people most comfortable in discomfort?

Comfortable is just an idea you choose based on what you want. Discomfort is your friend.

Our whole life is set up in the path of least resistance. We don’t want to suffer. We don’t want to feel discomfort. So the whole time, we’re living our lives in a very comfortable area. There’s no growth in that.

— David Goggins

Thanks for reading!!

If you liked what you read, you can join Medium with my referral link and enjoy unlimited stories for just $5 a month. The deal is, you get to read unlimited stories on Medium by various amazing writers and in return, I’ll get a commission when you join using my referral link. Thanks for your time!!