From Willpower To Habits

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When we embark on our ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ, whatever that change may be, things can be difficult. We are ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ trying to leave our old routines behind and develop new ones, something that requires a lot of ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ and enough active thought to discourage many.โฃ
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๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ!โฃ
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Youโll only need ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ in the beginning. The longer you push through the uncomfortable zone, the easier things become as new habits develop.โฃ
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๐๐ป ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐๐๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ป๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐๐ฎ: these individuals are literally starving to death and are still able to overcome their biological drive to eat or be less active. Those with anorexia develop rigid rules that require willpower initially, but that start to function habitually over time. โฃ
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In other words, food restriction is initially maintained by conscious effort and a realization of rewards (๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ค๐ฆ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ญ), which eventually becomes habit through classical conditioning (๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ฐ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐จ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅโ๐ด ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ).โฃ
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Yes, people with anorexia have changes in brain chemistry that give them more willpower than the average person and give them a greater predisposition towards rigidity. โฃ
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However, those changes in brain chemistry are not unique to individuals with anorexia; it just so happens that these individuals directed their attention towards disordered eating rather than other parts of their life.โฃ
Blog post mentioned in the video can be found here.
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