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Let’s face it. Quitting any habit can be hard work. There are times when you may feel anxious, hopeless, sad and pessimist about your chances of suc­ceeding, espe­cially when you have had a relapse. It’s important to be aware of when these feelings are more than a per­sistent feeling of sadness and have become depression.

Depression is a mental health disorder that can affect the way you feel about your life and the way you feel about yourself. Depression is more than a passing bad mood and it affects your thoughts, mood and body.

If you are suf­fering from depression or suspect you may be, you will know that you can’t simply “snap out of it” and be a happier person the next day.

In order to make your habit change work you can try some, or all, of these habit breaking secrets:

1. Exercise. Exercise releases endorphins which are the “feel good” hormones. Sometimes the last thing you feel like doing is the very thing that your body needs so get moving as soon as you can.
2. Goals. Sometimes a goal of “stop smoking” can seem over­whelming. A really useful technique is to break the goal down into smaller pieces that are more man­ageable. For example, if you cur­rently smoke a packet a day then you could start by having two cigarettes left in the packet by the end of the day. The fol­lowing week you could move onto having four cigarettes left at the end of each day until you break the habit com­pletely.
3. Support network. Contact the people in your support network and arrange some enjoyable outings. Have lunch or go to a movie (espe­cially one that makes you laugh!). This will help to lift your mood and remind you of the good things in your life.
4. Cel­eb­ration. Now that you have set small man­ageable goals its time to cel­ebrate once you achieve them. It is far too easy to let the achievement of goals slip by without stopping and cel­eb­rating your success. Your choice of cel­eb­ration can be small or large; just remember to do it!
5. Com­parisons. Stop them! Some of our unhappiest times are when we compare ourselves to others and find that we don’t like the com­parison. Remember it doesn’t matter if you friend quit her habit in 21 day. That was her journey to change habits, this is yours. It does not matter if it takes you longer to change habits than others you know; the important point is that you are taking the important step to change habits.
6. Keep the future in mind. Focus on how you will feel and look when you have com­pletely broken your habit.
7. Medical assistance. Depression is an illness so if your symptoms persist or you start to have thoughts of death or suicide, then please see a doctor. There are many ways that a doctor can assist you.

It’s important to remember that depression is not a sign of personal weakness. Be kind to yourself and get the assistance that you need.

This article was ori­ginally pub­lished on www.HypnotherapyClinic.info by Con­sultant Clinical Hyp­no­therapist & Pys­cho­therapist Noel Bradford –

As a pro­fes­sional therapist Noel help people with everything that you would expect including giving up smoking, con­trolling their weight, dealing with fears and phobias. However his services go far beyond this and encompass things that affect everyone at some time in their life, such as depression, anxiety, panic attacks, stress, and low self esteem.

He  also has detailed spe­cialist training in several areas including but not limitted to Irrittable Bowel Syndrome and Pyscho­sexual matters that affect men such as Errectile Dys­function and Pre­mature Ejac­u­lation as well as those affecting women such as Hyper Desire Disorder, Vaginisums, and Dys­pareunia.

Ori­ginally posted 2010-​​03-​​01 17:55:59.