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Simple Actions To Transform Your Life And Heal Your Relationship With Yourself

The Dr. Hyman Show

CHAPTER

The Five Second Rule for Addiction

The five second rule is any moment where you know what you should do, but you feel the feeling come up. If you don't physically move within five seconds of that moment of hesitation, the subconscious part of your brain takes out to physically move. And it's profoundly effective with addiction because you feel yourself drawn towards something. 54321, count backwards, physically move away from the thing.

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