I Lack Self Control

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skh66

The Chemical Reality Of The Body

I just turned 23. My name is Sierra, and I am a senior at Cornell. I'm graduating in May. Instead of pursuing academic aspirations these years at College, I chased severe, chronic, and degenerative health conditions/symptoms. I took a...

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Written on March 3rd, 2012
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AtomicWater

Emotional Outbursts

I'm a little too impulsive, too impatient and emotional to have a lot of self control, i like to express emotion and externalise my feelings.

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Written on October 30th, 2010
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anonyc

But Only With Certain Things

I actually have tremendous self-control with some things that many people have a hard time with. When I was a kid, I could limit myself to one halloween candy per day no problem. If I need to limit myself to one drink...

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Written on December 30th, 2008
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liferiot

Don't Go to Sleep Until 4-6am, Sleep Until 3pm

It's retarded, ridiculous, and frustrating. I'll stay up till all hours of the morning wasting my time away not doing anything productive or meaningful, and then finally go to bed between 3am and 7am and sleep ten hours (waking between...

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Written on January 14th, 2007
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lazycrazybasket

Self Control

Self control,Sometimes,It's lacking,As a result,When I blow,You'd better be clear!

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Written on February 8th, 2012
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~ In Certain Areas of My Life/personality ~

In love, with certain emotions.... I can come off a bit 'much'. Most of my lack of self control is with food. Especially if I'm depressed about something. I am trying to work on that, & for the most part I think I'm...

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Written on June 6th, 2009
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BruceALi

I Figured Out Self-control But...

So I get it. I get self-control, but now it seems like I'm procrastinating the very means by which I get it. First let me explain what I got:- so there is the prefrontal cortex and the limbic system. the prefrontal cortex is the strong...

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Written on March 8th, 2012
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"First let me explain what I got: - so there is the prefrontal cortex and the limbic system..."
"I'll stay up till all hours of the morning wasting my time away not doing anything productive or meaningful, and then finally go to bed between 3am and 7am and sleep ten hours waking between 3pm and 5pm ...."
"you can do this through pavlov's theory in which you associate good stuff with when you are doing the task you want to do and install a commitment device of some sort for when you are in the limbic stage..."

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