Why are we really resistant to change - Dominick Hussey

Why are we really resistant to change?

In the past, I found it hard to understand why some of my clients resist any change I suggest for them to feel better.

Change might take the form of changing their diet, exercising more or managing their stress.

Excuses for implementing change

Common excuses include the following:

“It’s too hard.”

“I don’t have the time.”

In the past, I would outwardly say I understood but inwardly roll my eyes in frustration.

Why would somebody feel terrible even though they knew they would feel better if they didn’t eat wheat?

A possible answer to this question came to me while listening to a new book entitled the body keeps the score.

In the book, the author describes how higher-weight people do not want to lose weight because they gain the psychological benefit of being that way.

For example, one child felt more comfortable being heavy because it stopped others from bullying him.

This is a relatively extreme example of why someone would resist change, but I sense that the same idea can be applied to anyone resisting change.

It begs to ask a deeper question.

Why are we resistant to change?

Disclaimer

This article is not intended to provide medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.

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Why We Feel Sick

5 Reasons Why We Feel Sick

You don’t need to be a Doctor to know why we feel sick.

If you thought about the question, you would know the answer.

How would you feel if you didn’t get enough sleep every day?

How would you feel if you did not move every day?

How would you feel if you ate take-out food every day?

How would you feel if you felt stressed every day?

How would you feel if you felt alone every day?

I know how I would feel.

Disclaimer

This article is not intended to provide medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.

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Lifestyle not more pills

Lifestyle not more pills

A recently published study in the Lancet found that long-term use of aspirin in people is associated with an increased risk of gastric (stomach) bleeding and death.

Doctors prescribe aspirin to people with heart attacks to help reduce the risk of further episodes.

To help counter gastric bleeding, the researchers recommended that people take a proton pump inhibitor (PPI) medication.

A PPI is an acid-blocking drug used to treat heartburn and acid reflux.

Evidence shows that long-term use of PPIs is associated with heart disease and death.

Heart attacks result from a lack of blood and oxygen supply to the heart muscles.

A combination of narrowing and blockage of the arteries supplying the heart muscle by plague causes the lack of blood supply.

Plaque is made from cholesterol.

Plaque is used by the body to repair the lining of the arteries.

Autoimmune-generated inflammation (where the body attacks its cells) damages the lining of the arteries.

Autoimmune inflammation results from poor lifestyle choices, especially a poor diet.

Lifestyle, not more pills.

Disclaimer

This article is not intended to provide medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.

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Do you take many medications?

Have any of them been prescribed to counter the side effects of others?

Has your doctor talked to you about what might be causing the condition you have been given drugs for in the first place?

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