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Theories on health and self motivation
Posted By Andrew Edward
GET YOUR MIND WORKING Understanding health issues
It’s time to think about why you let yourself stay unhealthy in the first place. When you decided that the time had come to get healthier you may not have been expecting the task of self examination beyond the physical sense.
Sure, you have to take a look at your physical self and figure out what you want to change and how you are going to do it. It can be a painful process, and one that isn’t a lot of fun. As if this wasn’t bad enough, however, you really need to take a look at your reasoning behind why you allowed yourself to get to an unhealthy status in the first place. Why is it so important that you do this self exploration?
Simply put, you need to understand why you do things so that you can stop yourself from doing it again. Some psychologists will assign a variety of reasoning behind why people allow themselves to remain unhealthy. For example, one theory about overweight people is that they layer on the extra pounds in order to remain distanced from close relationships. If you are overweight then a theory like this either sounds ridiculous to you or gives you a real “A-ha” moment where you feel as though you may have cracked some type of code.
It is theories like this one that can prompt you to start examining why you allow yourself to be unhealthy. If you hear a theory that sounds like pure baloney to you then you don’t have to accept its validity – after all, a theory is not proven…it’s just an idea – but it should get you to thinking about what your particular reasons actually are. Using the theory for overweight people, you might say, “I don’t have any fear of close relationships, so obviously this theory doesn’t pertain to me.
What could be the reason instead?” Don’t allow yourself to dismiss this very important self examination by simply saying, “Heck, I like cookies, that’s why I’m overweight.” Allowing yourself to blatantly live an unhealthy lifestyle is self destructive behavior, so you need to figure out what makes you justify the behavior in your mind and, more importantly, what caused it to begin with.
This is an ongoing exploration, and probably not something that you can figure out in one sitting. Whether or not you decide to enlist the assistance of a therapist or other mental health professional to help you figure out this particular issue you still need to realize that it will probably be an ongoing exploration. Start by putting the question in your mind and mulling it over for a few days. You may be surprised at what you come up with. You may also be pleased to find that it’s easier to stay motivated when you know what you’re up against.
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