What's a seemingly harmless habit of yours that you struggle to break? (lemmy.ml)

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[-] morphballganon@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago

If it was harmless, why would I care to break it?

If you strive to break a habit, it likely is because it has done harm, no?

[-] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 7 months ago

https://lemmy.ca/comment/5299611

Doesnt harm/kill OP, but OP wants to quit anyway.

[-] morphballganon@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

They have identified that the habit is harmful. Not all harm is associated with pain or injury. You can cause a person practical/emotional/financial harm, and those are still forms of harm.

[-] tomi000@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

It says seemingly harmless

[-] morphballganon@lemmy.world -1 points 7 months ago

... ok? But if it seemed to be harmless then why would you try to break it?

[-] tomi000@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Because it may actually not be? And maybe you already know that it isnt harmless but it could still seem to be.

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