over time, I understood something crucial:Our habits,They’re wired into the autonomic nervous system
Niraj Naik explains why habits are so hard to break: they're wired into your autonomic nervous system, the system that controls involuntary bodily functions. The basal ganglia in your brain links habit circuits directly to automatic physical responses, which is why willpower alone rarely works. Reprogramming requires targeting both conscious intent and autonomic conditioning.
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