Habits are patterns or reactions that people do repeatedly. Bad habits are usually considered something that make people feel comfortable. The reason why it’s hard to break bad habits is that people’s brains release dopamine to activate rewards center in the brain. This makes the people feel happy and comfortable. After that, brains will make people continue to repeat the bad habit.

There are many ways to overcome bad habits or replace them with good habits. The important thing is people need to know about the bad habits they have.  THey need to be honest with themselves. People can try to replace the negative habit with a good habit or they can work to simply overcome it. Breaking bad habits requires creating a plan. The plan is the place to start.

One of the ways to overcome bad habits is to self-reward when a good deed is committed. Self-reward activate rewards center in people’s brains also releasing dopamine; therefore, the people once again feel comfortable. The sensation of comfort becomes a motivation to overcome bad behaviors. It is effective because the body prefers to do something that makes it feel happy.

According to article, Breaking Bad Habits Overcoming Negative Behaviors, “Over time, your brain will start to associate this new, positive behavior with the dopamine surge coming from the reward.” People’s brains will accept and get used to new behavior. Rewards can engage us and people focused on their positive behaviors.

– Yongqi Gan