Everyone tries to develop the habits they believe will improve them. Still, we neglect to pay attention to the things that are stunting our growth. While developing good habits is crucial, it's typically our negative habits that drag us down and destroy our mental health.

We carry bad habits around all day like heavy weights on our backs. They’ll tire us out and frustrate us to the core. In this memo, I’ll be discussing 5 Terrible habits that are seriously damaging your mental health.

1. Wasting A Lot Of Time Feeling Sorry For Yourself

Nothing good comes from feeling sorry for ourselves; we get disconnected from reality and live in our own little universe, thinking that everything is out to get us. Our brain is rewired to adopt a victim mindset.

Our life and our mental health will be a mess when we operate with a victim mindset. We can’t improve our life’s situation by feeling sorry for ourselves instead we may worsen it to a point where there is no turning back.

Actionable Insights:

Instead of pitying ourselves for what we lost, we can choose to feel grateful for what we have. Write one thing that you are grateful for every day.

In the face of failure, instead of wasting our time by feeling sorry for ourselves, choose a form of action.

2. Expecting Immediate Results

In the world of social media and instant gratification. Everyone on the internet will make you feel that they are living their best life, a world of no insecurities, zero self-doubts, and unlimited success. All of that without even working for it.

Life on social media isn’t real. People on the internet have mastered the art of hiding anything that’s real. But the problem is we go around seeing their highlight reels (Their best moments) and mistake it as their real life. Nothing worthwhile in life is easy to achieve.

Despite the stories about immediate results and overnight successes, real success is rarely instant. The stories are glamorized leaving out important details about their struggle and how they achieved it. But we believe what we see and rarely care about what’s under the carpet. 

Actionable Insights:

Create realistic expectations, it takes time, effort, money, and the right belief system to build something that lasts. Aim big but achieve it through setting smaller targets along the way.

3. Resenting Other People's Success.

Our resentment comes from our deep-rooted insecurities, our failures in life, and sometimes from our deeply seated aspirations as well. When we see someone succeeding at something we secretly wanted. We feel envy.



Continued in Part 2 ➡️