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Is it possible to break bad habits after brain injury?

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First off I tried to post this question earlier but the link my answer was broken.

We are what we repeatedly do hence excellence is a habit said Aristotle. Habits shape our lives, you are who you are because of habits, they are consistent unconscious vital patterns in our lives. For those who sustained a head injury like me, it's difficult to break bad habits but it can be done. However it's also possible to develop new positive habits.
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Is it like cbt? You change your beliefs and then you act differently?

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Not Cbt as such- sufferers have no control of what has hit them.

I mean bad habits like reclusivess, selfishness, over eating, murstabation and that

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Fificakes2 in reply to MaxMteliso

That’s still behaviours and people can have some control over their behaviour. But I guess some of them it hard to stop because you got no control over the excessive one, inhibitors.

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MaxMteliso in reply to Fificakes2

After careful consideration that’s a difficult one. However in a functional society people need to refrain from what is considered a bad habit or undergo some rehab, similarly a society can not tolerate a thief because it’s habit. Action is taken accordingly

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MaxMteliso in reply to MaxMteliso

It’s still a difficult one, the best thing is to exclude bad habits as a result of health complications

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