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Psychologist Ekaterina Bugrova named bad habits that break a person’s psyche
27.06.2023 11:17
When we hear the phrase "bad habits", smoking, drug addiction and alcoholism pop into our heads. But in reality, there are many more, and each of them has a detrimental effect on our body.
What are habits? These are actions performed unconsciously and brought to automatism.
It is “bad habits” that not only have a negative impact on physical and mental health, but can also tell a lot about a person, says psychologist Ekaterina Bugrova .
For example, a person with a cigarette in his mouth most often hides from a full solution to some internal, psychological problems, biting nails and various objects speaks of self-doubt and low self-esteem, and scratching wounds or pimples indicates aggression directed at the person himself and deep dissatisfaction with himself.
If each habit can describe a psychological state, can we say that any of them have a detrimental effect on a person's psyche? Of course! They are so deeply "built" into our lives that they destroy us from the inside.
What bad habits can affect a person's psyche?
Use of alcohol and drugs
The physical and mental state of a person are closely interconnected. First of all, this habit affects our brain, since chemicals destroy neurons, which in turn can be a precursor to various mental disorders - depression, anxiety and dissocial disorders, schizophrenia, etc.
Smoking
This habit itself is an imaginary calming of the emotional state, to put it simply - suppression of emotions. It also entails anxiety, panic attacks and depression.
Biting nails and various objects
A precursor to increased anxiety that develops into neurosis. Neurosis is one of the most difficult mental illnesses to treat. It leads to mood swings, panic attacks, and chronic anxiety.
Passion for computer games and social networks
Disorders of the social direction of psychology. Withdrawal, anxiety, loss of reality, inability to build a full life. One of the main stimulators of schizophrenia.
Unbalanced sleep patterns
Leads to irritability, various nervous pathologies, difficulty in concentrating. This also entails chronic fatigue syndrome, nervous exhaustion and fatigue.
Often, a person who has some kind of bad habit does not notice the emergence of psychological problems and does not understand their root cause.
Analyze your life, your daily routine, write down all the bad habits you have, and compare your mental state before this “parasite” appeared in your life and after.
