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How Behavioral Health Helps With Toxic Behavior Patterns

5 October 2020 by Ross Martin

The human mind is a complex thing that operates in many unique ways. For example, it often creates patterns of behavior based on the way a person has operated in the past and works to emphasize similar results by triggering these behaviors again and again, even if they are harmful. Therefore, it is essential to get behavioral therapy to decrease this problem and help a person recover properly.

Toxic Patterns of Behavior are Very Dangerous

People often don't realize how much their behavior is based on various patterns that occur and recur in many ways. And often, these patterns can be very toxic and dangerous. For example, a person may abuse drugs or themselves on a pattern based on their anxiety. This abuse may then cause them to lose a job and alienate others, creating a higher level of anxiety that reinforces abuse.

This problem can also occur in relationships in adverse ways. For instance, a mother who gets used of thinking of her son as "worthless" and talking to them in harsh ways may find it hard to stop, even when he does something worthwhile. Thankfully, there are many types of behavioral therapy that can help to manage this situation and provide a person with the best chance of recovery.

Ways Behavioral Therapy Can Help

The unconscious mind does not know whether a pattern of behavior is toxic or not – which is why it keeps triggering those that have "worked" in the past. Behavioral therapy works by getting the unconscious mind to reward itself for positive patterns of behavior and not for negative ones. It starts by addressing what types of patterns a person may possess and why they may have occurred.

Then, the counselor and their patient find replacement patterns that are more beneficial. For example, they can create thought exercises and reminders for a mother who wants to talk angrily to her son, encouraging her to speak positively. Eventually, as these behaviors produce positive results, the unconscious mind will adapt and replace these bad patterns with good ones.

This type of therapy is something that takes a sustained period to execute properly. Recovery doesn't happen after one session or even five but requires a lifelong dedication to changing unconscious behaviors. As a result, it may be wise to prepare for this type of investment before beginning. Doing so is the only way to eliminate truly toxic behaviors.

Talk to a behavioral health specialist to resolve your toxic mental behaviors. 

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