We all have them and they always creep up on us under the radar to do their bidding! So what do you do to handle bad habits? And what would you consider qualifies as bad habits?
Some habits are relatively obvious to notice. It is easy to point out habits such as:
- eating things you are not supposed to,
- eating late at night,
- binge watching when you are supposed to get up early for work,
- procrastinating,
- being on social media way more than needed,
- excessive drinking,
- excessive smoking and so on,
But what about the more subtle ones. You know, the ones that lead you to getting into these divergences in the first place? Maybe people may not even consider them a habit to begin with, but what is a habit after all? It is a particular way of acting that is done on a regular basis.
I had a patient, actually a few patients who were having problems in their life. One had a problem with her husband, the other had a problem at work and the other had the problem of worrying about things that were not based on reality but only possibilities.
The common “habit” these patients had were their approach to their situations in life.
They would think in terms of problems not solutions.
They would get stuck at this point and continue to talk or think about it in hopes for some sympathy or something.
They would find themselves in a vicious loop of seeing things as an unsolvable situation caused by the other people or things.
Have you ever considered this way of thinking as a habit – a default operating basis that occurs on a regular basis?
Habitual thinking, if not there to help you grow and expand could definitely be considered as a bad habit.
It’s really no different than any other urge or tendency we have.
So what to do and how to help such a person with such a predicament?
Well, interestingly enough, 10 out of 10 times, when patients talk about their “problem”, cranial bones lock up.
One of the blessings in the work I do is the intricate knowledge of cranial work that is not common in many chiropractic systems of analysis and correction.
Talking about it allows the patterns associated with that “stuck way of thinking” to emerge.
So the solution becomes simple.
Simply locate and adjust the areas that lock up. This allows proper structure in a moment when a stress is being presented. Doing so, the adjustment acts as a pattern interrupter which provides an opportunity for it to recalibrate.
The feedback from these patients resulted in them reporting various phenomena such as:
- Being able to think better with the situation at hand.
- Less emotional and reactive tendencies towards the problem,
- Can think clearer and have greater ability to respond to the issues.
They started realizing that running a series of these types of adjustments may indeed help them break free of their cyclic thinking of problems problems problems.
I know that this is a far stretch from musculoskeletal conditions but the main and only purpose of chiropractic is to locate and correct areas of interference from the proper communication flow between the brain and the body and vice versa. And if there are these interferences, then it is the chiropractors’ job to correct the framework such that interference is reduced or ideally eliminated.
Whether the stressor originates from something physical, emotional or mental, the effects are laid out in the structure of the body. Correcting the structure provides opportunities for better function.
The difference can be breath taking. This process occurred organically in our office. That is the beauty of it all. When people like you give us feedback and pay close attention to what changes you notice, it allows us to share your experiences through stories like these.
Next time you come in for a tune up, we can see what may unfold for you.
As always
Many Blessings
Dr Ara