These 3 Bad Habits Are Killing Your Peace of Mind

How to turn them around to feel more positive and peaceful.

Our peace of mind is influenced by many factors and refers to our feeling calm and secure. We’re safe, our loved ones are safe. All’s right. We strive for it, yet it can be elusive, and once captured, too often fleeting because it is sensitive to many things — our feelings, our thoughts, our reactions to what others say and do, and more.

When we have peace of mind, the world seems brighter, our lives seem lighter, and we feel more resourceful and capable. One minute we’re upbeat, the next we’re in the dumps, worried and jumpy as if we’re our whole body and our brain itches. We experience a whole spectrum of emotions from discomfort and nervousness to fear and anxiety, and, eventually, depression. What happened? Why did our peace of mind abandon us — or did we abandon it? What if we are the saboteurs of the very thing we strive for — our peace of mind?

Just as some habits serve us and improve our happiness and satisfaction, other habits tear us down and beat us up. Here are 3 habits that can quickly kill our peace of mind and make it harder to find it again.

Chewing over the past, especially negative events and memories, quickly kills any chance of finding peace of mind. This is known as rumination, and it is a repetitive behavior pattern that is easy to fall into.

We make a mistake, and immediately we relive all the mistakes of our past. Someone criticizes us, and a full-color, Dolby-sound video of past criticisms starts playing in our mind. Our proposal or article is rejected, and we dwell on all the times we failed until we begin to believe that we are a failure. This continuous, looping negativity drags us down, down, down, and our peace of mind along with it.

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