I Hate Change! This Attitude Gets You Nowhere

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December 10, 2020

I Hate Change! This Attitude Gets You Nowhere

Very few people actually like change. It’s uncomfortable and requires us to flex in ways that challenge our patterns of thinking and behaving. While it’s completely natural to have an adverse view or response to change, the fact is that this type of response will get you nowhere.

You’ll find yourself stuck hating change, feeling miserable, and making little to no progress in life. There are several ways that a negative perspective of and approach to change can be detrimental in your life.

Fear

Often, hate of change equates to a fear of change. When we give in to our hate, we subsequently give into our fears which can have huge consequences. According to Dr. Bruce Perry, research details that when a fear response is activated in the body the part of the brain responsible for risk assessment and action stops functioning. T

his means our fears actually limit our ability to think logically. Additionally, fear can lead some people towards harmful habits and behaviors like resorting to substance abuse as a coping mechanism, insomnia, angry outbursts, isolation, and depression (Soleil, n.d.).

 

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