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<blockquote data-quote="Beating-My-Betes" data-source="post: 2360928" data-attributes="member: 532959"><p>I've only quoted this part, as I'd just be repeating myself to deal with the other parts. And no, I'm not being dismissive of your struggle (I am nearly thirty years older than you, and have been dealing with this for most of my life). It's just I think that you have everything you need to take the first small-steps (and they should be small) on your journey.</p><p></p><p>One important point to realise about habits is they take time to form. And while I'm not suggesting that it'll take the next twenty years for you to deal with those you've already formed, I think it's important to acknowledge how strongly dependent on these dopamine hits you are. You have literally carved new neural pathways in your brain, based on the rewards from these behaviours.</p><p></p><p>The key is to move consciously, but this time very consciously seek to form new habits and new neural pathways based on new behaviours that you have chosen for yourself.</p><p></p><p>The silver-lining to this is that you can very clearly explain the process. It's not as though you are falling into subconscious behaviours. You seem to be very cognisant of the patterns that are at work. It's time to try to play them at their own game. Try looking for ways to outwit these cravings, using knowledge about yourself. Start with battles you can win i.e If you want nothing more than cereal in the morning then that might be the last thing to try to tackle. Maybe at the end of the day, when you've indulged those cravings, you might find is the moment to eat something healthy. It might seem counter-intuitive to prefer a healthy dinner than breakfast, but like I said, it's about becoming stronger with every win, before tackling your biggest issues. But if you can manage to eat a healthier meal at night, then you will sleep better, the effect of which, over time, will make your mornings better etc.</p><p></p><p>Remember: Take small steps, make small changes and keep stacking up those small wins.</p><p></p><p>All the best</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Beating-My-Betes, post: 2360928, member: 532959"] I've only quoted this part, as I'd just be repeating myself to deal with the other parts. And no, I'm not being dismissive of your struggle (I am nearly thirty years older than you, and have been dealing with this for most of my life). It's just I think that you have everything you need to take the first small-steps (and they should be small) on your journey. One important point to realise about habits is they take time to form. And while I'm not suggesting that it'll take the next twenty years for you to deal with those you've already formed, I think it's important to acknowledge how strongly dependent on these dopamine hits you are. You have literally carved new neural pathways in your brain, based on the rewards from these behaviours. The key is to move consciously, but this time very consciously seek to form new habits and new neural pathways based on new behaviours that you have chosen for yourself. The silver-lining to this is that you can very clearly explain the process. It's not as though you are falling into subconscious behaviours. You seem to be very cognisant of the patterns that are at work. It's time to try to play them at their own game. Try looking for ways to outwit these cravings, using knowledge about yourself. Start with battles you can win i.e If you want nothing more than cereal in the morning then that might be the last thing to try to tackle. Maybe at the end of the day, when you've indulged those cravings, you might find is the moment to eat something healthy. It might seem counter-intuitive to prefer a healthy dinner than breakfast, but like I said, it's about becoming stronger with every win, before tackling your biggest issues. But if you can manage to eat a healthier meal at night, then you will sleep better, the effect of which, over time, will make your mornings better etc. Remember: Take small steps, make small changes and keep stacking up those small wins. All the best [/QUOTE]
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