Rational decisions are choices that lead to life-benefits. Life-benefits are fulfillment of needs, or choices that effect and strengthen the probability of survival.
What are some common irrational habits?
1. Addiction - substance abuse that decrease health. The irrational end of addiction decreases health as in: Smoking, drinking, overeating, as examples.
2. Delusion - thinking x is, with complete certainty though the idea cannot be shown to cause itself in existence. As in the idea of the nebulous spirit entity which some think the human and animal bodies might be endowed with. These include prayer, supernatural healing, casting out demons, encountering or encouraging thoughts concerning spiritual communication, thought broad casting, and some others.
3. Irrational fears - Irrational fears can result in PTSD and agoraphobia as examples, which hinders the ability to work and do normal activities.
5. Other irrational behaviors - OCD (a time consuming habit), and high risk addiction (gambling).
6. The existence of illegal behavior may be deemed irrational, and might be considered to be a habit.
All irrational behaviors and thoughts can differ in their severity to disable and cause a decrease in health.
Irrational tendencies persist because the mind is not a mechanism that is solely able to intended in the interests of life. The mind can come into contact with things that are pleasing, pleasurable, but not always in their benefit. Man did not evolve a mechanism to keep him from gambling, spending money on pleasure-hook drugs. Money is an artificial mode of gaining ends which may or may not be in one's own interest. Addictions may result in pleasure, but may also hinder a person from taking care of themselves through work and income. Some addictions and irrational behaviors can cost money, that would other-wise be spent on a more important needs.
How to escape irrational habits? Refer the article "conditioning yourself."
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