i think the thing where you catch a teen smoking and you make them smoke an entire pack until they get sick of it has a lot to offer as a role model for behavior change
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that is, if you want to stop doing something, instead of attempting to force yourself to stop doing it, try forcing yourself to do much more of it
i sort of tweeted about this before but in different words and less directly
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i think i was undervaluing boredom as a force for change. run the existing strategy into the ground enough that you get bored of it and after the boredom space opens up for something else. repeatedly experiencing the strategy helps me notice how dead vs. alive it feels
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the aro meditation course has a funny meditation exercise that goes "try to think continuously with no gaps for 20 minutes" which is very much in the same vein
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aw yeah that's what i'm talkin bout
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you can actually speedrun having ~1,000 fights with people about all of the topics you like to fight about. you can do this in about 2-3 years or so. get it out of your system in your late teens, early 20s, realize it's incredibly unproductive, and then start being strategic
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I think part of the thing here is that this works much better for things that have some sort of core unpleasantness or perhaps only works when first trying something.
I know people who have tried and repeatedly failed to quit drugs and other things this way.
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If you want to feel tired, try to stay awake as long as possible.
If you want to get over a candy, stock up on it.
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that’s just how you train yourself to power on through lack of sleep, not you you actually get in tune with listening to your brain and going to bed when tired
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One of the fixes for insomnia is sleep restriction therapy where you basically just aren't allowed to be asleep or in bed very much and it's amazingly effective
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