Understanding Our Vices

We all have our ๐ท๐ช๐ค๐ฆ๐ด that can make us a shell of who we really are. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ด๐ถ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ต๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ด๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ถ๐ฎ๐ข. But also could develop due to cultural/environmental influences. โฃ
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Hey there 2020. I know youโve caused a lot of individuals to reach into the escapism bucket. โฃ
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But check this; bad habits develop over time and ๐ช๐ตโ๐ด ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ช๐น๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ข๐จ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด. People donโt just decide one day that they have no use, nor care, for their loved ones and commitments. โฃNo rational human goes into a souls sucking habit with the intent of never coming back. โฃ
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๐๐ข๐๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐๐ญ๐๐ง ๐ฆ๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐๐-๐จ๐๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ง ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ญ๐ฌ.โฃ
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No good comes from pretending that the decisions were categoricalโlike choosing hedonism over ethical ideals. โฃIt just creates a false dichotomy that fuels cognitive dissonance instead of healing the mind. โฃ
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Society at large likes to conveniently ignore the immediate needs and desires of an individual. They tend to focus only on long-term outcomes/consequences, thinking no one would ever rationally choose those outcomes. โฃ
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๐๐จ๐ญ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐: ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฌ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ ๐ก๐๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐๐ค๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฆ ๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ซ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ. ๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ค๐๐ญ ๐๐๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐ก๐๐๐ญ๐ก, ๐ฐ๐๐๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก, ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ๐ฌ. โฃ
People usually know these choices are taking a toll, and at the time, theyโre willing to ๐ฑ๐ข๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ฆโbecause they see it as the best available option. ๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ข๐ญ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฎ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ด ๐ช๐ง ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ช๐ด๐ฏโ๐ต ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด.โฃ
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Theyโre living out their own priorities, which sometimes cumulatively add up to paying a bigger price via their life. โฃ
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Primarily focusing on some fetishized good behavior now, to achieve future happiness completely ignores that humans are a beautiful union of future desired statesโ๐ฑ๐ข๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฒ๐ถ๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ด๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ. โฃ
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Finding the happiest option is an extremely nuanced process that cannot be reduced to binary ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ and ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฅ choices in the now. โฃ
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The best approach here is to understand that undoing years of detrimental decision making processes will not occur immediately. Be patient with yourself, and understand that itโs as easy as no longer seeing value in the behaviors that bring you more pain than pleasure. โฃ
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Keep working at not reaching for the easiest escape to life. Deal with your shit without running. I know this is ๐ด๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐ข๐ด ๐ง๐ถ๐ค๐ฌ initially. โฃ
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Reframe what is the happiest option. Do you really want to be a slave to immediate gratification with little reward? โฃ
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๐ ๐ธ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ปโ๐. โฃ

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