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Presented by Orion Taraban, Psy.D. PsycHacks provides listeners with a brief, thought-provoking episode several days a week on a variety of psychological topics, inspired by my clinical practice. The intention is for the core idea contained within each episode to inspire listeners to see something about themselves or their world in a slightly different light.
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Wednesday Aug 10, 2022
Episode 203: Why bad habits persist
Wednesday Aug 10, 2022
Wednesday Aug 10, 2022
At their core, all vices are amnestic disorders. The reason they persist is that -- at the moment of decision -- people forget the pain and suffering that have consistently attended the behavior in the past and focus exclusively on the short-term pleasure. In the words of Sigmund Freud: "we can either remember, or we can repeat." The way out of this trap requires mindfulness, which is how we generally talk about the original Pali word that can also be translated as "remembering." I'll discuss more in this episode.
#mindfulness #habits #selfimprovement
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