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Scenario

How discipline practices can become forms of self-punishment

I have been doing cold showers for eight months to build discipline but now I dread getting up every morning because I know I have to do this thing I hate.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The pursuit of mental toughness through uncomfortable practices can reinforce patterns of self-coercion rather than cultivating genuine resilience.

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Patan
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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Habit formation and behavior change?”

Peri

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