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Bad habits. The impact of bad habits on the human body Bad habits for human health

Everyone has or has experienced bad habits. Some are trying to get rid of them, others have managed to accustom themselves to a full life and without bad habits, others do not take any measures and live quietly on, but not longer. In this article, we will get acquainted with a number of bad habits and their negative impact on the human body.

The category of bad habits includes those habits that are both harmful to human health and restrict a person from the full use of their capabilities throughout life. Bad habits acquired at a young age, which a person is not able to get rid of, are critically dangerous. Such habits cause serious harm to human existence.– loss of potential and motivation, premature aging of the human body and the acquisition of various types of diseases. They include smoking, drinking alcohol, drugs, toxic and psychotropic substances. There are also less dangerous bad habits of people, like dependence on a computer or smartphone; unhealthy diet, including diets and eating fatty foods, gluttony; the habit of not getting enough sleep, not letting your body rest at least 8 hours a day; gambling addiction; promiscuous sex life, which provokes various sexually transmitted diseases; uncontrolled use of drugs ...

Bad habit 1 - Drinking alcohol

Alcohol belongs to the group of neurodepressants - substances that impair the activity of brain centers. Such substances relatively strongly reduce the supply of oxygen to the human brain, due to which the brain functions with less activity, the person loses coordination of movements, inconsistency of speech appears, blurred thinking, loss of concentration, attention, ability to think logically and make reasonable decisions.

The causes of alcoholism can be: everyday drunkenness, accompanying mental dependence on alcohol, unfavorable relationships and conflicts in the family, alcoholic traditions, unfavorable environment, low cultural level, high income ... Also, many people try to express themselves with the help of alcohol.

If we talk about the negative impact of alcohol on the human body, then it is worth considering that when drinking alcohol, the access of oxygen to the brain decreases, which in the worst case can lead to the death of brain cells - alcoholic dementia. Excessive drinking of alcoholic beverages negatively affects all systems of the human body, and it is also caused by damage to the cells of the “thinking” part of the brain. In addition, alcohol causes

  • Diseases of the cardiovascular system;
  • Diseases of the external respiratory system;
  • Gastrointestinal pathologies;
  • Violations of the liver;
  • Kidney dysfunction;
  • Psychical deviations;
  • Weakening of the immune system;
  • Decreased sexual function;
  • Weakening and wasting of muscles.

The most severe form of alcoholism is considered delirium tremens. This disease can be characterized by trembling, rapid pulse, agitation, high blood pressure, fever. Delirium tremens manifests itself as hallucinations, disorientation, clouding of consciousness.

Also, alcohol abuse shortens life by 15-20 years.

Bad Habit 2 - Smoking

The use of any tobacco products is especially dangerous because the harm in this process is caused not only to the smoker himself, but also to people who are nearby. In the whole world, one person dies every 13 seconds (according to the UN). Smoking is a form of substance abuse that causes chronic poisoning of the human body developing mental and physical dependence. The nicotine contained in tobacco products immediately enters the blood vessels through the alveoli of the lungs. Tobacco smoke also contains a large amount of toxic substances - combustion products of tobacco leaves and substances used in technological processing, including carbon monoxide, hydrocyanic acid, hydrogen sulfide, carbon dioxide, essential oils, ammonia, tobacco tar.

The use of tobacco products, like the use of alcohol, negatively affects all systems of the human body.

  • Nicotine has a stimulating effect, in which the central nervous system cannot function fully. A smaller amount of blood with a reduced oxygen content in it enters the brain, which is fraught with a decrease in the mental activity of a smoker;
  • The human respiratory system also suffers, because due to the inhalation of tobacco smoke, the smoker begins to irritate the mucous membranes of the oral cavity, larynx, nose, trachea and bronchi. As a result, a person develops inflammation of the respiratory tract. If an experienced smoker, then he may suffer from irritation of the vocal cords, narrowing of the glottis. A cough with dark mucus is normal for a smoker. It provokes the development of shortness of breath and shortness of breath. Smoking is also a factor in the development of diseases, including asthma and pneumonia;
  • When smoking, risks to the circulatory system are possible: high blood pressure, impaired circulation of brain cells and heart activity, which can lead to a heart attack or stroke. With constant smoking, the heart begins to contract more often, which leads to a constant tension in the circulatory system;
  • The gastrointestinal tract does not function in the correct way, which affects the appearance of the smoker as a tongue that is screwed up with a gray coating, bad breath;
  • The digestive system is also under threat - along with saliva, most of the toxic substances enter the stomach. The enamel of the teeth is also destroyed, caries is formed. Perhaps the formation of a stomach ulcer;
  • When smoking, a person's taste sensations and sharpness of charm are reduced;
  • Sexual activity, especially in men aged 25-40 years, is reduced.
  • Smoking provokes the development of cancer ...etc.

Since the problem of smoking is becoming more urgent, mankind has invented electronic cigarettes in order to replace smoking tobacco. At first glance, this may seem like a completely reasonable decision, since most smokers have “switched” to electronic cigarettes, and by inhaling the vapor with it, most of the toxic substances do not enter the body. But in fact, almost every liquid for an electronic cigarette contains nicotine, which immediately enters the bloodstream when the vapor is inhaled. With 8 or more puffs of an e-cigarette, nicotine gets to the brain. Nicotine provokes mutations, which is especially dangerous if the smoker wants to continue his race.

Nicotine also causes Buerger's disease, a condition that can lead to finger amputation.

Bad Habit 3 - Narcotic Substances

Nowadays, more and more people are starting to use pharmacological preparations known as drugs. The victims, in particular, are teenagers who use these substances for entertainment. The frequent use of pharmacological agents causes drug dependence, adversely affects both human health and its social and economic status. Regardless of the method of introducing a substance into the body, all drugs cause especially dangerous harm to the nervous system, immune system, liver, heart, and lungs.

Narcotic drugs are divided into opiates, psychostimulants, cannabinoids, hallucinogens, hypnotics and sedatives and volatile narcotic active substances.

Smoking cannabis, hashish, marijuana… contributes to the formation of chronic bronchitis, lung cancer, immune disorders, cardiovascular insufficiency, arrhythmias, liver intoxication…
Opiate drugs are administered intravenously, so the risk of AIDS, syphilis and hepatitis (B and C) is incredibly high when using these drugs.
Psychostimulants cause particular harm to the human nervous system, developing severe depression, which can lead to psychosis. They dramatically increase metabolism, heart rate, increase blood pressure. Therefore, the energy to maintain life is taken from reserve reserves that do not have time to recover, which is fraught with depletion of the body. The heart is also at risk, due to severe arrhythmias. Possible myocardial infarction, cardiac arrest.
When using hallucinogenic substances, special damage is done to the brain. They destroy the human psyche, which, with frequent use, is fraught with psychosis and irreversible damage to the psyche.
Sleeping and sedative substances have a negative effect on the human brain, liver and heart. They provoke insomnia, encephalopathy (brain damage), seizures, suicidal attempts, and diseases associated with the cardiovascular system.
Volatile narcotic active substances - inhalants help to slow down the mental development of a person, destroy the activity of the cerebral cortex, damage all organs and tissues of the body. The most terrible outcome from the use of inhalants is the so-called "death in the bag" - loss of consciousness and inability to remove the bag from the head (since when using these drugs, a person puts a bag on his head)

All drugs have a negative impact on the next generation of drug addicted parents. The fetus may be born mentally retarded, with physical abnormalities.

Factors including a person's personality, temperament, social environment, as well as the psychological environment in which a person is located can influence the formation of bad habits. Therefore, you should carefully choose your environment, as well as the environment of your children, in order to avoid all of the above diseases and complications. It is also worth remembering that bad habits harm not only you, but also your loved ones, so you should gather all the will into a fist and start getting rid of them as soon as possible!

A habitual action is a habit. But, on the one hand, there are good, useful habits and manners, and, on the other hand, there are bad or harmful habits.
We can call good habits such as doing exercises in the morning, washing hands before eating, putting all things away, brushing your teeth every day, etc.

A bad habit can be seen as a disease or pathological addiction. But along with bad habits, there are unprofitable actions that cannot be considered as a disease, but which arise due to the imbalance of the nervous system.

What can be called bad habits?

Alcoholism- the most common bad habit, often turns into a serious disease, characterized by a painful addiction to alcohol (ethyl alcohol), with mental and physical dependence on it, accompanied by the systematic consumption of alcoholic beverages despite the negative consequences.

Alcoholism is an auto-destructive (self-destructive) type of deviant, dependent behavior. The emergence and development of alcoholism depends on the volume and frequency of alcohol consumption, as well as individual factors and characteristics of the organism. Some people are at greater risk of developing alcoholism due to specific socioeconomic environments, emotional and/or mental predispositions, and hereditary causes. The dependence of cases of acute alcoholic psychosis on the type of the hSERT gene (encodes the serotonin transporter protein) has been established. However, no specific mechanisms for the realization of the addictive properties of alcohol have been found so far.

Drug addiction is a chronic progressive (development of the disease with an increase in symptoms) disease caused by the use of drug substances.
Different drugs cause different addictions. Some drugs cause strong psychological dependence, but do not cause physical dependence. Others, on the contrary, cause a strong physical dependence. Many drugs cause both physical and psychological dependence.

Distinguish between positive attachment - taking a drug to achieve a pleasant effect (euphoria, a feeling of cheerfulness, increased mood) and negative attachment - taking a drug in order to get rid of tension and poor health. Physical dependence means painful and even painful sensations, a painful condition during a break in the constant use of drugs (the so-called withdrawal syndrome, withdrawal). These sensations are temporarily relieved by the resumption of drug use.

At the end of the 20th century, Russia, following many countries of the world, faced an epidemic of drug addiction. According to estimates by the Federal Drug Control Service, there are currently up to 2.5 million drug addicts in the Russian Federation. The vast majority of them, about 90%, are heroin addicts. Since the early nineties of the XX century, drug addiction has become an epidemic and is a threat to the national security of the country. The country annually loses 30-40 thousand young people from heroin. Narcotization of the population is the main cause of the spread of serious diseases: HIV and viral hepatitis. Of the 500,000 officially registered HIV-infected people in Russia, about 60% are people who became infected through injecting drug use. Up to 90% of drug addicts have hepatitis B or C.

Smoking is the inhalation of the smoke of preparations, mainly of plant origin, smoldering in the inhaled air stream, in order to saturate the body with the active substances contained in them by sublimation and subsequent absorption in the lungs and respiratory tract.

Gaming Addiction - an alleged form of psychological dependence, manifested in an obsessive passion for video games and computer games, as well as gambling addiction - a pathological addiction to gambling consists in frequent repeated episodes of participation in gambling that dominate a person's life and lead to a decrease in social, professional, material and family values , such a person does not pay due attention to his duties in these areas.

The most addictive games are most often considered online, especially MMORPGs. There are cases when too long a game led to fatal consequences.

Oniomania (from the Greek onios - for sale, mania - madness) - an irresistible desire to buy something, not paying attention to the necessity and consequences. Shopping becomes both recreation and entertainment, and an independent meaning. In common parlance, this mania is often called shopingolism or shopaholism.

According to doctors, most often oniomania develops in women due to lack of attention, feelings of loneliness and inner emptiness, the need for recognition and love, as well as during a period of depression due to the loss of a partner. There are other reasons as well:
. Thirst for adrenaline. The body quickly gets used to adrenaline and begins to need more and more doses of it. These people are into extreme sports. In the store you can also get a dose of adrenaline - making a purchase decision and possible disappointment are microstresses.
. Illusion of power. It is not so much things for personal consumption that are bought as certain attributes of power, including in the form of the attitude of sellers to the buyer: respect, helpful treatment, flattering praise, branded shopping bags.
. The illusion of freedom and control over your life.Shopping removes depression and anxiety from a shopaholic, increases self-esteem and self-confidence - he can afford to buy what he wants now, and not what was recommended or what is simply necessary. And a person gets a feeling of freedom from shopping, even if he does not need things. And if you go to the store unnecessarily or needlessly.

Psychogenic overeating - an eating disorder, which is overeating, leading to the appearance of excess weight, and which is a reaction to distress (a negative non-specific reaction of the animal's body to any external influence. The most severe form of distress is shock.). May follow bereavement, accidents, surgery, and emotional distress, especially in persons predisposed to obesity.

Psychogenic overeating is a complex problem that combines both purely psychological and purely physiological factors. The physiological factor is the problems associated with being overweight: metabolic disorders, increased stress on the body, etc. The psychological factor is, on the one hand, the difficult emotional experiences of a person suffering from psychogenic overeating, and on the other hand, the difficulties associated with a person’s diet. As a consequence, psychogenic overeating often requires dealing with both factors at the same time, through both a psychologist/psychiatrist and a nutritionist/physician.

TV addiction. Television has become the most common way to escape from oneself into the world of illusions. It has entered the life of almost every modern person, has become a familiar companion of his life.
According to statistics, on average, each person spends about 3 hours a day in front of the TV. This is about half of his free time and about 9 years of everyone's life. People regularly give their leisure time to television. Despite the fact that viewers often negatively assess the quality of programs, consider themselves capable of turning off the TV “right here and now”, the same people continue to wait for hours near the TVs, being unable to “break away” from watching. That is, we are talking about a partial loss of control over the attraction to watching TV shows.

Signs of TV addiction are:
1. feeling unwell, anxiety, irritability, weakness at the end of TV viewing;
2. a feeling of loss of reality, confusion when the TV is suddenly turned off;
3. unscheduled viewings;
4. the failure of actions aimed at reducing the time spent in front of the TV and the feeling of guilt associated with this;
5. focus on events, TV storylines, the desire to translate the topic of conversation into a discussion of what was seen on TV;
6. decrease in professional activity or neglect of family responsibilities because of the TV;
7. any other forms of recreation (reading, walking, sports, hobbies) begin to give way, the time previously spent on them is filled with watching TV;
8. If you refuse to watch TV for 3 days or more, the following phenomena occur: discomfort, weakness, loss of strength, apathy, indifference, melancholy, anxiety, a feeling of emptiness, irreparable loss, dissatisfaction with life, reduced disability and family conflicts, aggression, irritability.
internet addiction —mental disorder, an obsessive desire to connect to the Internet and a painful inability to disconnect from the Internet in time. Internet addiction is a widely discussed issue, but its status is still at an unofficial level.
British scientists believe that excessively active Internet surfing leads to depression. Those people who spend a lot of time online are prone to bad mood and often feel unhappy.
The study showed that about 10% of users worldwide suffer from Internet addiction. Some of them self-admit their illness and report that they spend a lot of time in chats and social networks.
The main problem of many users is too much time spent online. Many people cannot control how much time they spend on the Internet. This prevents them from leading a fulfilling life.

The main 6 types of internet addiction are:
1. Obsessive web surfing - endless travel on the World Wide Web, searching for information.
2. Addiction to virtual communication and virtual acquaintances - large volumes of correspondence, constant participation in chats, web forums, redundancy of acquaintances and friends on the Web.
3. Gaming addiction - an obsessive passion for computer games over the network.

4. Obsessive financial need - online gambling, unnecessary purchases in online stores or constant participation in online auctions.
5. Addiction to watching movies via the Internet, when the patient can spend the whole day in front of the screen without breaking off due to the fact that you can watch almost any movie or program on the network.
6. Cybersex addiction - obsessive attraction to visiting porn sites and engaging in cybersex.

Nail biting habit. Science still doesn't know what makes people bite their nails. Although there are a lot of theories trying to explain why people bite their nails: from thoughtfulness to tension.

One of the most common theories is that nail biting is caused by stress. They chew to relax, they chew to think better, they chew when they're nervous.
French sociologists conducted a survey on a funny topic: "Who and in what situations bites their nails?". It turned out that the French most often provoke work situations to bite their nails. 26.5% of respondents bite their nails when thinking about work issues or feeling anxious about work. Among the reasons in second place in popularity is biting nails while shopping(which, apparently, symbolizes the pangs of choice), then follow thinking about the economic situation and worrying about children or parents.

Habit learned from parents. There is a “folk” theory, according to which heredity is to blame for the habit of biting nails: they say, if parents bit their nails, then the children will do the same, there’s nothing to be done.
But don't blame behavioral genes for something that has a much simpler explanation. The child sees the parents biting their nails. In the same way, he sees how parents cross the road at a red light, are rude to others and pick their nose.

Aggression so and splashes. Another theory links nail biting to self-directed aggression. That is, a person who bites his nails has something to present to himself: he literally gnaws at himself, busy with self-accusations and self-flagellation. It is difficult to object to the authors of the theory: to any argument, like: “But I bite my nails, but I don’t blame myself for anything,” you can always object: “It’s just that you, my friend, are good at suppressing your feelings. But your subconscious at this very time ... ".

Obsessive-compulsive disorder. It happens that nail biting becomes a sign of this syndrome. Its essence is that people constantly have obsessive, disturbing ideas, and in order to curb anxiety, they have various rituals: twist their hair around their fingers, constantly adjust their collars or bite their nails.

Fragility of the nail plate. Sometimes nail biting is associated with the fragility of the nail plate. Some believe that if the nails are regularly exfoliating and breaking, it is easiest to bite the damaged nail. Many of them then try to correct the shape: “bite” to perfection, without resorting to nail scissors and nail files.

The habit of picking the skin.
This can be picking the skin of the face and / or body, scalp, skin of the fingers, etc.
Sometimes it has the character of a habit to independently get rid of imperfections on the face - independent mechanical cleansing of the face, in the worst case, the habit of constantly touching the skin and squeezing out inflamed areas with your nails or peeling off drying sores.

At the same time, there is a high probability of even greater inflammation, as well as deterioration of the skin condition, the formation of scars, large open pores, including the risk of blood poisoning. In rare cases, the owner of this habit picks at the skin and puts the contents in his mouth.

The reasons:
. This habit may hide a neurosis caused by stress and expressed in the need to inflict physical pain on oneself after receiving emotional pain - pantonomy. Inflicting physical pain on oneself brings temporary relief, if you forbid it to yourself, “breakdown” may occur, anxiety appears, the habit is transformed into new, other forms - picking your nose, biting your nails, etc.
. The same neurosis can be expressed in the need for the constant use of the hands - in the constant activation of fine motor skills. Transforms into a kind of ritual to calm the nerves.
. Mania for the perfect face: the slightest bump or pimple causes displeasure and a desire to remove it by picking it up.
. The problem of psychosomatics is obsessive actions, obsessive hand movements, rituals.


Rhinotillexomania is a human habit of extracting dried secretions from the nostrils with a finger. Moderate picking is not considered a deviation from the norm, but excessive enthusiasm for this activity may indicate a psychological or psychiatric disorder. Prolonged nose-picking can cause nosebleeds and more serious damage. Many medical sources consider nose-picking as one of the symptoms of abnormal behavior in children. Specifically, this activity is considered a sign of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Nose picking is also observed in cases of more serious abnormalities, for example, with Smith-Magenis syndrome (a genetic disorder that occurs when a small portion of the 17th chromosome is missing and manifests itself in a characteristic body structure, developmental and behavioral features. The first group of children was described in 1980 in US clinician Ann Smith and cytogeneticist Ellen Magenis).

Clicking knuckles
Sometimes there are lovers of deliberately performing "music" on their fingers. This "craze" usually begins in childhood, it is done again and again to the delight of the astonished public, and as a result, the habit of "crunching fingers" remains for life. In this case, the joints are constantly injured and lose mobility. And at the same time, the risk of early arthrosis increases. Its appearance can be unaware for quite a long time. Articular cartilage is destroyed over the years. Their smooth, mirror-like surface cracks, and the adhesive lubricant covering it gradually loses moisture. As a result, the bones at the junction acquire irregularities and roughness. The friction between them increases, and their movement relative to each other is accompanied by a specific crack. The cartilage itself does not have nerve endings, so there is no pain. But with age, all these changes progress, and the bones combined into the joint are completely exposed. And they do have nerve endings. When moving, the heads of the bones rub against each other, causing severe pain. There are a large number of tendons around the joints, which are also drawn into the destruction process, deformed, and various inflammatory phenomena begin in them.

You can give up such a habit only with the help of willpower, there is no drug treatment. And that stiffness in the fingers, which is formed if you do not crunch for a long time, passes with time.

Be careful with bad habits, they often lead to adverse consequences, or are harbingers of serious diseases.

Human life consists of habits, actions that are performed automatically without prior reflection. Habits are divided into useful and harmful. Useful ones are developed gradually, showing perseverance and willpower: morning exercises, mandatory hygiene procedures, going to work. Harmful ones are inculcated more often in adolescence out of imitation of others, the desire to look more mature, successful, like people who serve as a kind of example.

Gradually bad habits become an addiction that is difficult to get rid of. Becoming a slave to his habit, a person, without noticing, brings significant harm to his health, violates the social laws of human society, causes anxiety and trouble to people around him.

Classification of bad habits

Any human habit, good or bad, designed to bring pleasure. This explains the speed of addiction and the duration of action.

Varieties of the most famous bad habits:

  1. . The drinker believes that it is his legal right to take a break from work in this way. And until he understands the harm that alcohol does to his health, does not want to completely change his life, all the efforts of relatives and doctors to rid the alcoholic of addiction will not bring success.
  2. A person becomes addicted to drug addiction in order to get away from pressing problems. Several trials lead to a strong addiction. The cessation of the reception is accompanied by a painful effect, which many people cannot resist.
  3. a person usually starts in adolescence, imitating favorite movie characters, smoking adults, who have unconditional authority on the part of the child. In the ranking of the greatest harm to the body, smoking occupies one of the leading positions.

The effect of alcohol on the body

  • a month later, the morning "smoker's cough" completely disappears;
  • after 3-4 days the sensation of taste of food improves;
  • literally on the third day, a person begins to perceive the surrounding odors, previously dulled by tobacco smoke;
  • after a week, the nature around becomes brighter colored, richer;
  • after 2-3 months, the volume of the lungs increases, shortness of breath disappears when climbing stairs, walking at a fast pace;
  • after 1-2 months, the complexion noticeably improves, yellowness disappears, and a rejuvenating effect appears.

They say that a person's habit is his second nature. The task of everyone is to make their life interesting, useful for themselves and others, full of pleasant events. Achieving the goal contributes to maintaining a healthy lifestyle and.

The article discusses bad habits and their impact on health. It also touches upon the question of how harmful they are to society.

Habit is second nature

If you look at a person's life on a global scale, then 80% of all actions an individual performs without hesitation, as they say, by inertia. After waking up, often even with their eyes closed, most people go to the bathroom, wash, brush their teeth, comb their hair.

Someone just needs to open the window and breathe in fresh air. And someone just mentally greets such a familiar tree, which he sees every day from his window.

Morning tea or drinking a cup of coffee is such an important habit for some that if suddenly something is disturbed in the daily routine and it is not possible to drink a hot drink, a person feels restrained, overwhelmed. Some people prefer to smoke a cigarette at the beginning of the day, flip through the press or check their e-mail box.

For many, the habit of going to work becomes extremely ingrained. Therefore, the onset of retirement age for them is the strongest stress, unsettling the personality.

In general, habits - repeatedly repeated actions - are very important. When everything goes according to plan, without failures and overlays, the human psyche is in a balanced state. Therefore, in many cases, habits are beneficial to a person. They free the brain from the need to control many moments of life.

Good Habits

And it is very good if families have good traditions. For example, someone thanks to them developed the habit of exercising daily. Without morning exercises, such people begin to "rebel" the muscles that require their mandatory load.

And someone immediately after a warm shower drinks a glass of yogurt and goes to bed. This habit allows him to fall asleep instantly. A person does not spend either time or energy on this stage.

Doing sports, waking up at the same time, cleaning your home every day, keeping your clothes and shoes neat are also good habits. For a person for whom all these actions have become traditional, life is much easier. He does not force himself to clean his shoes in the evenings, hang a suit in the closet - he "absorbed" this from childhood.

And the ability to write correctly, speak correctly - aren't these habits? Of course it is! And teachers in schools are just striving to make children write, read and speak without errors precisely at an unconscious level.

Neutral Habits

Everyone knows from childhood what is good and what is not very good. The short list above is mainly about good habits. They are developed by customs, the need to comply with the rules of the hostel. After all, a self-respecting person will not go out into the street unwashed and uncombed!

However, many habits are purely individual. For example, it is very difficult for a village person to settle down in a city. Also, after moving to a new place, a person often forgets and gets on a transport that takes him along the old route - out of habit. After a major overhaul or a global rearrangement of furniture, people often “by inertia” look for the necessary things in the places where they lay before. Or crashing into corners that weren't there before, bumping into tables and sofas, unable to figure out where the light switches are.

Even a divorce is often deeply experienced by spouses who have long fallen out of love with each other, because the main habit is collapsing - to regularly see the same person next to each other. It can be extremely difficult to part with the old, learn to live in a new way, change yourself and change the course of your old life.

And these are all neutral habits. Although getting rid of them is quite difficult, sometimes even painful. And often this can lead to depression, sometimes quite strong and prolonged. This applies to moving, divorce, transition to a new job, and so on.

That is, we are all dependent on our habits. And it’s good if they are useful, give health, strengthen family and social ties, help a person to be pleasant to others.

However, along with useful and simply neutral, there are bad habits. And their influence on the health of the individual himself and on the comfort of the people around him most often turns out to be very negative.

Am I bothering anyone?

So often people justify their behavior when in fact they have long and firmly become slaves to certain and not at all positive actions. Monotonous rocking in a chair while reading or watching television, tapping a pencil on a table, winding hair around a finger, picking your nose (rhinotillexomania), the manner of chewing a pen, pencil or match, as well as nails and epithelium on fingers and lips, picking the skin, spitting on the floor or asphalt on the street, clicking the joints - these are also quite bad habits. And their impact on health, although not as detrimental as some others, which will be discussed below, but they do not bring benefits either. But such actions often signal a disorder of the nervous system. And it is often not very pleasant for others to be with a person who performs monotonous movements, distracts those around him or annoys them with the sound produced.

That is why children should be taught from childhood to eradicate these bad habits. And their impact on health, though not so negative, but there is some harm from them.

Harm from "harmless" habits

In addition to irritating effects on others, monotonous repetitive manipulations cause trouble to the individual himself. In fact, almost all unhealthy habits can be attributed to those that turn out to be ultimately harmful.

For example, the manner of swinging on a chair contributes to the rapid failure of this piece of furniture. In addition, every lover of "ride" must have at least one fall on his account. And the fact that it did not cause a serious injury can be attributed to luck. So bruises, abrasions and bumps resulting from a fall are the impact of bad habits on health, no matter how some people justify their behavior.

And besides, adults, swinging themselves in chairs, set a bad example for children, who will definitely repeat their actions. But it is almost impossible for babies to fall without consequences ...

Constant biting of the lips is fraught with the fact that open micro-wounds will become "gates" for a variety of infections, up to AIDS and syphilis. And although domestic infection with these ailments is quite rare, it almost always occurs through wounds on the lips.

And it calms me down!

Here is another excuse, which, according to the slaves of their habits, allegedly justifies their actions. Having explained her position, the fat woman hobbles again and again to the refrigerator, buys a dozen cakes in the store or takes another candy out of the box.

Another part of the world's population prefers to relieve stress through shopping. As a result, there is shopaholism, or shoppingomania, that is, an obsessive addiction. It is sometimes called oniomania.

Psychiatrists also note addictions to TV, the Internet, games (ludomania). And if at first people resort to their "sedative" means only at moments of the highest excitement or for the sake of relaxation, then very soon they no longer imagine life without them. All other values ​​fade into the background, all the time is devoted only to these hobbies.

Skeptics can sarcastically ask: "And what is the detrimental effect of bad habits on the body and human health? How can love for a TV or computer harm? Why are they so bad for health?" The answer is simple: failure of the regime, a sedentary or recumbent lifestyle becomes predominant, which is why hypodynamia develops, a complete refusal to walk, communicate with real people. As a result, deviations in the psyche are noted. Isn't this the worst disease of the century?

Eat, eat, don't listen to anyone!

An equally dangerous way to relieve stress is overeating. Especially addiction to sweet and starchy foods has an extremely detrimental effect on the human body. And scientists are already tired of talking about it, discussing two important topics - bad habits and human health.

How to maintain health, if constant stress is pushing you to eat something delicious for the sake of calm? To be honest, this is very difficult to do. Almost even impossible. Overeating and health are two mutually exclusive positions in human life. That is, you can say this: if you want to live, eat less! By the way, there is one more postulate concerning nutrition. It is no longer based on the amount eaten, but on the composition of the food. Flour, sweet, fatty, fried, spicy - all these are enemies of health. Moreover, the enemies are cunning, hiding under the guise of good friends who can give pleasure and help get rid of a bad mood.

Most overweight people do not want to take responsibility for their health. They believe that appearance is not so important at all, and fullness is not a sign of poor health. And such people justify themselves by the fact that they are not to blame for their poor health, not bad habits and their impact on health. Heredity is the main reason, in their opinion, for excessive fullness, and heaviness in the legs, and the occurrence of serious diseases of the spine, digestive system and the appearance of the disease of the century - diabetes mellitus.

What's wrong with shopping?

In principle, for an ordinary person who visits outlets as needed, there is nothing wrong with this action. But for those who should be diagnosed with shopping addiction, there is a real danger. It certainly does not involve death or loss of physical health. But one who has become addicted to shopaholism cannot be considered mentally healthy. Together with gambling, these two addictions are included in the list called "Bad Habits". And their impact on human health is by no means positive.

Firstly, the emergence of attachment, and then dependence on the need to constantly make purchases, is a signal of a person’s depressive state.

Secondly, the individual who is subject to this bad habit eventually comes to the so-called finish line, when he suddenly discovers that he has run out of funds for new acquisitions. This is fraught with the fact that a person begins to cut his budget, which could go to buy medicines, food, necessary clothes. Naturally, this will definitely affect his physical health. But on the last (sometimes borrowed) money, a shop-dependent person again acquires absolutely unnecessary things.

Thirdly, a shopaholic in a critical situation, when he discovers a complete lack of purchasing power, will inevitably fall into an even greater depression, which can easily lead to suicide or lead to other terrible extremes - alcoholism, drug addiction, smoking.

Discussing the harmful effects of bad habits on health, one cannot discount such a seemingly harmless addiction. Although shopomania is not officially recognized as a disease, serious research is being carried out in America and England in this area. And the negative impact of this mental disorder has already been proven.

The most bad habits and their impact on health

Drug addiction, smoking, substance abuse and alcoholism are considered the worst vices. They not only relate to the mental ill health of a person, but also have a devastating effect on the intellect and physical condition. Considering bad habits (alcoholism) and their impact on human health, one should also take into account the fact that many crimes are committed precisely in an inadequate state after the use of these poisons.

Harmful substances entering the body destroy brain cells, resulting in their death. Restoring them is almost impossible. A drug addict, alcoholic, drug addict eventually loses his intellectual abilities, sometimes turns into a person who is unable to carry out the simplest mental work.

There may also be a complete or partial degradation of the personality. It is not uncommon to see a man who has sunk to the bone - dirty, ragged and overgrown, begging passers-by for money on the street for a bottle, another dose or a tube of glue. Usually such people can no longer feel shame, and their self-esteem is irretrievably lost.

Degraded people are capable of stealing, beating or even killing not only a stranger, but also a loved one for the sake of their addictions. There are cases when a mother took the life of her own child, a father beat a newborn half to death. It is also no secret that some parents sell their children both to work "on the panel" and just like that, it is not known for what purposes: for organs, for export abroad, for the amusement of sadists.

Tobacco smoking, although it does not cause such a pronounced degradation of the personality, also destroys health and still harms others. It is known that smokers often develop cancer, vascular disease, heart disease, bone tissue is destroyed.

Fight against the most terrible vices

It should immediately be noted that it is extremely difficult to fight drug addiction, substance abuse and alcoholism on a personal level. In addition to psychological work, it is necessary to remove chemical dependence. The body, accustomed to regularly receiving toxic substances, produces an antidote. As a result, even if the patient decides to give up his addiction, he begins to experience the severe consequences of poisoning with substances that the body itself produces to fight poisons. And strong breakdowns in drug addiction, hangovers in alcoholics provoke the most difficult physical conditions, sometimes even causing death. But more often it contributes to a return to the old.

A separate point is the attitude towards harmful addictions of young people: children, adolescents, boys and young girls. After all, they quickly get used to it, and poisons have a stronger effect on the unformed organism. Therefore, it should be borne in mind that bad habits and their impact on the health of adolescents is the number one problem today. After all, they are the very gene pool that will become a priority in the next decade.

Therefore, the best option in this situation is to contact experienced doctors who first cleanse the patient's blood, then prescribe medication, coupled with psychological effects.

Easier to prevent than to cure

The most optimal way to make a nation healthy and free from alcoholism, drug addiction and substance abuse, as well as smoking, is the prevention of bad habits. How to take measures to prevent the occurrence of these dependencies?

You need to start from early childhood. And not only by conversations, video demonstrations, but, more importantly, by personal example. It has been proven that in families where there are alcoholics, the risk that teenagers will "take" alcohol is much higher than where adults lead a healthy lifestyle. The same applies to smoking, substance abuse, overeating, Internet addiction, shopaholism and other vices. Naturally, you need to constantly talk about this, discuss with your child bad habits and their impact on health.

Prevention also includes the employment of the individual. This also applies to the whole spectrum of bad habits and people of all ages. The main reason for their appearance is depression, mental disharmony. A person suddenly begins to feel his uselessness, he is bored.

Sports, creativity, physical labor, tourism give the individual a sense of fullness of life, interest in himself and other people. He lives a full life, from which even a minute to spend on a useless and harmful occupation is an unacceptable luxury.

Briefly about the main

All bad habits arise from the loss of interest in life, from mental imbalance, imbalance between expectations and reality. Therefore, people who know how to deal with life's difficulties, achieve their goals by increasing the load, work, struggle, do not look for doping from the outside, do not try to forget themselves with computer games, shopping, food, smoking, drinking and so on. They understand that these temporary escapes from reality do not fight the problem itself, but only push its solution even further.

It is very important to be able to set life tasks for yourself, find a useful hobby for relaxation, give vent to accumulated emotions through creativity, communication with interesting people. Don't focus on your problems. Looking around, everyone can see someone who is even more difficult, give him a helping hand. And then their own troubles will seem like a trifle.

Each person has their own preferences and habits. They can be harmful or helpful, bad or good. This article will focus on the consequences of bad habits. You will also learn what exactly are bad hobbies.

Habit: general description

To begin with, it is worth talking about the concept of this expression. A habit is an activity that a person uses constantly. Some preferences haunt a person every minute of life.

Of course, all people have habits. Whether they are good or bad is up to the owner to decide. No one has the right to judge a person, but some individuals can be given good advice.

Bad habits of a person - what are they?

There are many preferences that can be called useless or bad. Let's try to consider the main ones. About the consequences of bad habits, you will learn a little later.

Drug use

Perhaps one of the most dangerous habits that are considered bad is drug addiction. The use of certain substances that affect the brain and nervous system has an irreparable effect on the general condition of the body.

It is worth noting that such a person is very dangerous. They are hard to get rid of, and getting used to them is almost instantaneous. A person can drink simple pills or inject a drug into the bloodstream with a syringe.

Drinking alcoholic products

Another bad habit is the use of alcoholic products. It is worth noting that a person suffering from such an ailment almost always denies this. Addiction appears very quickly and accompanies a person throughout life.

Alcoholism can be different. Such a habit always has one stage or another. Some people prefer to drink soft drinks in large quantities, while others drink moderately, but often. It is difficult to get rid of such a bad habit, but it can be done faster and easier than curing drug addiction.

Tobacco smoking

Another bad habit is smoking. It is worth noting that recently there are much more women who are addicted than men. Cigarettes are a more harmless habit than drug addiction or alcoholism. However, it is quite difficult to give up such an addiction. Need amazing and desire.

The Ministry of Health is against bad habits in the form of smoking. Each pack of cigarettes has pictures that show the possible consequences of such an addiction.

Improper nutrition

There is another bad habit that can be called bad. This is the wrong food for man. Many people are used to snacking on the run. Also, some people eat fast food, drink carbonated sweet water.

This habit is even more harmless than the previous ones. You can get rid of it easily, but only if you have a strong desire to change something in your life.

Good Habits

An alternative to the bad habits listed above will not only help you get rid of the latter, but also significantly improve your health. Among the good addictions, too, there are many. Let's consider a few of them.

Sports

Any proper physical activity has a positive effect on human health. Muscles begin to work, excess fat is burned and blood vessels are cleansed. The correct load will be only if the right muscles are involved. To do this, you can contact a specialized room or do an independent study of this issue.

Drinking clean water

Surely every doctor will tell you that drinking clean water is very useful. A person should consume more than one liter of simple liquid per day. Do not replace water with juices, tea or coffee.

Start your day with one glass of plain water, this will become a good habit for your well-being. Water will help to energize and wake up all internal organs.

Proper nutrition

If you eat the right food, the result will not be long in coming. The improvement in well-being will be almost instantaneous. At the same time, it is worth abandoning all the junk food that was described above. Give preference to vegetables, fruits and greens. Avoid pastries and sweets.

By following this diet, you will feel much better. This will indicate that health is returning to normal.

What are the consequences of bad habits?

If you have these or other bad addictions, then you need to know what consequences they can have. Perhaps, after a general acquaintance, you will begin to speak out against bad habits.

Social degradation

Alcoholism and drug addiction are such harmful addictions that can greatly affect. Perhaps at first it will seem to you that no one notices this condition. However, this is not at all the case.

An alcoholic or drug addict can quickly be fired from work. As a result, a person may be left without a livelihood. Also, such individuals quickly lose good friends and miss useful acquaintances.

External changes

Bad habits can greatly affect the image of a person. Drug addiction, alcoholism and smoking always have a negative effect on a person. A person ages faster, wrinkles on his face and swelling appear.

If a person prefers malnutrition and this is an inveterate bad habit, then obesity can be the result of such an addiction. A person quickly gains weight and accumulates fat. In the absence of a sports load, external changes occur quickly and irreversibly.

Health problems

Bad habits and health are practically incompatible. If a person has bad addictions, then after a while he begins to feel much worse. When smoking tobacco, problems with the lungs begin. Pneumonia or even cancer may develop. Alcoholism greatly affects the liver and kidneys. If a person is a drug addict, then for the most part the brain suffers, but all organs of the body are affected.

What can we say about pregnant women who have bad addictions. In this case, there is an irreparable effect on the fetus.

How to get rid of bad habits?

The negative impact of bad habits on health has long been proven. If you decide to give up a bad addiction, then you need to start immediately. Don't make promises to yourself that you will stop doing something bad tomorrow or next week. Do it right now.

Enlist the support of loved ones and relatives. They are likely to appreciate your desire to become healthier. Give yourself the right attitude and stick to it. Nothing should stop you from reaching your goal.

Summing up and conclusion

Now you know the consequences of bad habits. Try to get rid of them as quickly as possible. Of course, you can not be in everything. However, you need to strive for this. Prefer good habits over bad ones. Only then can you always