There is a great sketch from Mad TV where Bob Newhart is a psychologist who works for $5. His method of treating his clients is to hear what they have as problems and then offer his advice to “stop it” in order to fix their own problems.
It seems so simple. How different would your life be today if you just stopped your bad habits, bad decisions, and bad actions? Such simple advice to receive, not so simple to implement.
The problem that we have as adults is that, most of the time we repeat wrong or incorrect actions even though we don’t like the result. We continuously find ourselves back in the same situations we hate to be in - effectively because we are acting like we always act.
And then, the situations come up again, and we do it the same way.
“Stop it.”
Your way isn’t working, so stop doing it that way. If you don’t like the result you are getting, usually the opposite action is the right one. The problem is that the right way doesn’t always seem right so it is hard making the adjustment.
It’s your choice.