Kick A Bad Habit In 2 Minutes

Hey it's getting better and better.
After my last post on "Can I break a bad habit overnight?", I found this even faster trick: "How To Kick A Bad Habit In 2 Minutes".

The trick is NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming), a technique to program your thoughts. The instruction provided by Si Dawson is simple to follow. Basically, it associate your own negative thoughts with the habit that you are trying to break, by squeezing your thumb and forefinger together.

I learned it before from watching TV. I know, I know, it's a bad habit. But some TV programs are actually constructive if you know how to choose.

It was the right solution at the right time for me. I used this technique to get over not a habit, but an ex of a breakup. It totally worked for me. The way I did it was quite similar but with an extra step.

First, think of the person while squeezing the thumb and fore fingers together.
Then, think of only the bad qualities and things that I disliked about my ex. Magnify the emotion and until it's unbearable that I had to escape.
Next, release the fingers on the left hand, press the thumb and forefinger of your right hand. Now think of all the positive things I can be or do without my ex in my life, and feel good until I find myself smiling and feeling happy.

After that, whenever I find myself missing him, I simply put my thumb and forefinger together and I will get out of the thoughts right away. Then I feel good about where I am by touching the thumb and forefinger of my right hand.

For it to work with habits, replaced "my ex" with "the bad habit". And here it goes:

1. Squeezing the thumb and fore fingers of your left hand together, think of the habit you want to quit, picturing your self doing it;

2. Think of only the bad consequences, guilt, regret, past bad experiences as a result of this habit. Magnify the emotion and until it makes you uncomfortable, sad, or sick.

3. Let go of your fingers of your left hand.

4. Press the thumb and forefinger of your right hand. Visualize yourself living the good habit. Make the imagination real using all your senses, and feel fantastic about it.

Next time you catch yourself sliding back to the old habit. Call on your fingers to help.

PS. Let me know if this works for you.