mayflower@lemmy.ml to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 10 months agoWhat's a seemingly harmless habit of yours that you struggle to break?message-squaremessage-square82fedilinkarrow-up186arrow-down12
arrow-up184arrow-down1message-squareWhat's a seemingly harmless habit of yours that you struggle to break?mayflower@lemmy.ml to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 10 months agomessage-square82fedilink
minus-squaremorphballganon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·10 months agoIf it was harmless, why would I care to break it? If you strive to break a habit, it likely is because it has done harm, no?
minus-squareAppoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·10 months ago https://lemmy.ca/comment/5299611 Doesnt harm/kill OP, but OP wants to quit anyway.
minus-squaremorphballganon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·10 months agoThey have identified that the habit is harmful. Not all harm is associated with pain or injury. You can cause a person practical/emotional/financial harm, and those are still forms of harm.
minus-squaremorphballganon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·10 months ago… ok? But if it seemed to be harmless then why would you try to break it?
minus-squaretomi000@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoBecause it may actually not be? And maybe you already know that it isnt harmless but it could still seem to be.
If it was harmless, why would I care to break it?
If you strive to break a habit, it likely is because it has done harm, no?
Doesnt harm/kill OP, but OP wants to quit anyway.
They have identified that the habit is harmful. Not all harm is associated with pain or injury. You can cause a person practical/emotional/financial harm, and those are still forms of harm.
It says seemingly harmless
… ok? But if it seemed to be harmless then why would you try to break it?
Because it may actually not be? And maybe you already know that it isnt harmless but it could still seem to be.