We never really know what we’re capable of until we’re in the situation. Sometimes it’s great to still be surprised with yourself, but if you’re someone living with high anxiety there is nothing worse than the unknown.

Plenty of books and websites provide ideas on how to change bad habits, but what about changing your life instead? Who we are can generally be boiled down into a series of habits. We might see prominent habits in someone, like indecisiveness, but the trait is made up of several smaller habits. Addictions are habits, but the kind that take over your life and permeate every part of it. Sometimes the issue is not addiction, but a person’s self-destructive mindset.