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Originally Posted by jbsmith 
How you relate them to pain is different for different people.
For me, I was able to stop a bad eating habit by linking that habit to a very close friend dying of a hideous disease. I actually went over the association in my mind again and again each day for several days until I found my mind no longer wanted that bad food as much anymore.
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Ooh, this is a good point! Again, I wish I knew specifically what you're trying to change, but when I wanted to start eating healthy foods, I knew the only thing that would actually motivate me was the thought of staying thin. So every time I saw an unhealthy food, I would think to myself, "That's what a FAT person would eat." Lol not the PC way to stay in shape, but it worked wonders! I don't even eat dessert anymore because it's too associated in my head with becoming unattractive. And then of course eventually you notice that you feel better overall on a healthier diet anyway and the whole thing just becomes easy.