Monday, December 13, 2010

Crazy habits and ways to break them

We all have those annoying habits that we do, maybe its smoking, playing with things like change in your pocket when you are nervous, or even nail biting. A habit that someone has can effect their reputation, or how people perceive them for example, smoking. A lot of people smoke but a lot of people don't like the smell of cigarettes so they could perceive you as being stinky. Here are a few ways that can help you drop the habit.

Do you have the habit of smoking? You already tried, nicotine patches, gum, and even trying to quit cold turkey, but nothing worked. Well doctors are trying to figure out other ways to help some one stop smoking. Herbal remedies is an example, they have drops of nicotine that you can add to your drinks making you crave the nicotine less. Also they have several types of teas that contain nicotine in them to try to get you to stop smoking. There is also several different ways, along with those. Another example could be hypnosis. My mom actually tried quitting by trying hypnosis, she stopped smoking for about 6 days, but other people have had more success maybe it will work for you.

Maybe your habit is fiddling with objects when you are nervous, like hair, coins, pens, ect. What are some ways to stop these habits, what are ways to make you less nervous? You could do several things to maintain your nervousness. For example you could meditate or even do yogo, but not many people have the time to do those things, so for a quick fix you can just listen to settle calming music before you are going to go do something that you think will make you nervous, also take deep breaths through your nose or even let your body relax and don't tense up, you can do this by stretching, rolling your head around, and just sitting up straight in a chair.

If you are like me you might have the habit of nail biting, 45% of teens and college students bite their nails due to school or job related stress. Engaging in this habit can be very unhealthy for you because your nails carry a large amount of bacteria, also biting your nails can cause your teeth to grind down. Since so many people have this habit there are several ways out there to stop this habit, a natural way is that you could dip your finger tips in to lime, or lemon juice, or even juice from jalapeno peppers. Also they sell nail polishes that have a very bitter taste. For me none of these things worked, the only way for me to stop biting my nails was to get fake nails. I ended up taking those off with in two weeks for the fact that I don't like long nails.

A habit is just a habit and if you try hard enough you can drop that habit, there are several ways to kick a habit to the curb, but you may need to do some research you  might even be surprised at what methods you find to stop a habit.

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