We’re creatures of habit. The truth behind the psychology of routine:
If you exhibit ‘bad’ habits regularly – biting your nails, smoking or forgetting to floss – and you’ve tried to break them, chances are it won’t be easy. If you do end up beating one – is it possible to break another?
The beginnings of habits are deeply embedded in your brain, psychologists say, and usually stem from early childhood.
This is your brain on habits
Psychologists say it’s because the brain is wired to take shortcuts for efficiency. If you bite your nails now as an adult, perhaps as a youngster it was too time consuming to clip and file your nails with an implement. Or you neglect to floss your teeth because simply brushing was easier and completed the entire teeth cleaning procedure more quickly. Habits are formed, they say, by continually doing the same action.
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