[ot][spam][crazy] inhibition efforts: daily behaviors
i tried the android app "fabulous" once, it didn't work for me. this seems to be what I need to not trigger avoidance of a behavior: - continued repetition of a baseline to establish a norm - increase the baseline only after it is well-established - a way for me to give feedback on how easily i am able to continue a baseline - if the baseline does not repeat, reduce it to something that can [model: there are different 'states of mind' that can hold different responses around a behavior. the purpose of repetition is to get all of the states of mind on board with the behavior.] that's simple, easy to code something that prompts/reminds this other preferences: - logging - integrated schedule/goal system would be ideal
- increase the baseline only after it is well-established
note: many states of mind can _radically_ increase a baseline. doing this safely can take practice and put the baseline at risk, but is also pretty much the only way anything real happens. including feedback and/or training the user to comprehend their limits and stretches can help.
- continued repetition of a baseline to establish a norm
- think of something one is doing _more_ than desired, and every time it is done, do the task to establish a baseline of. keep the intensity such that this works rather than breaking. - if a behavior is fragile and must develop, increase the baseline only after it is well-established. even if this means almost nothing, and pairing with a strong reward. - if a behavior is strong, develop its baseline quickly. - a way for me to give feedback on how easily i am able to continue a
baseline - if the baseline does not repeat, reduce it to something that can
- tasks have different properties (activity, duration, discomfort) -- these are all things to consider holding at a baseline or logging, to help sort out - I found it helpful to have a sugar cookie at moment of onset (and never else), for a hard thing. this may work even better with nicotine, caffeine, or other drug. - it seems helpful to journal and/or consider how things go, each behavior. this can lead one to notice powerful problems or opportunities.
On Thu, May 19, 2022, 8:37 PM Karl Semich <0xloem@gmail.com> wrote:
- continued repetition of a baseline to establish a norm
- think of something one is doing _more_ than desired, and every time it is done, do the task to establish a baseline of. keep the intensity such that this works rather than breaking.
leaves out dissociating into a state of mind where the fragile behavior is normalised, and staying there.
- if a behavior is fragile and must develop, increase the baseline only after it is well-established. even if this means almost nothing, and pairing with a strong reward.
- if a behavior is strong, develop its baseline quickly.
- a way for me to give feedback on how easily i am able to continue a
baseline - if the baseline does not repeat, reduce it to something that can
- tasks have different properties (activity, duration, discomfort) -- these are all things to consider holding at a baseline or logging, to help sort out
- I found it helpful to have a sugar cookie at moment of onset (and never else), for a hard thing. this may work even better with nicotine, caffeine, or other drug.
- it seems helpful to journal and/or consider how things go, each behavior. this can lead one to notice powerful problems or opportunities.
left out: importance of sustaining baseline, even if it means risking great difficulty. re: model of different states of mind. baselines can establish. doing this effectively means engaging difficulty in some way. one can also overreach. observing ones patterns, even in a very small way if doing so is hard, seems it can help. - publicly logging seems helpful until the behavior norm is established. my inhibitions try to stay private, so this may much more thoroughly limit them. it took me many years, with a norm of desiring public logging, and multiple failed attempts, to get to the point where a behavior was increasing. it helped to change the behaviors, although staying with one also built strength.
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