Compulsive behaviour

A person is not their behaviour is an NLP presupposition. This means that no matter how self-defeating or destructive a person's behaviour is, they are trying to satisfy some need and the reasoning behind the behaiour has a positive intention.

You all probably know someone who is hell-bent on hurting themselves physically or emotionally. For those of you who don't know of John Belushi, let me tell you a little bit about him. At 22 he was the youngest member of Chicago's famed Second City comedy troupe. His star quality was immediately recognised and a string of successes followed, which included a regular spot on the seminal Saturday Night Live TV show. This led to him becoming one of the hottest film stars of the time. He also had major success in the music industry as a spin-off from the Blues Bros. He was successful, fabulously wealthy, happily married and by 33 was dead from a combination of cocaine and heroin, having been out of control for some years. Why?
Of course, I can't give you the answer to this great tragedy. The world has been robbed of some of creation's most wonderful talents from a combination of excess and lack of discipline. How can a person avoid this?
I speak from a position of knowledge because I went through a similar scene in my twenties but luckily got out of it before it was too late. I was left with a life-shortening disease of the liver and lots of unhappy memories but have learnt from the experience. (stop press! as of Feb'2007 I am completely cured of what was once thought incurable. I used NLP, EFT, hypnotherapy and a lot of medication. Who knows which did the trick - or whether it was all in conjunction).

It's easier to cure yourself of negative behaviour when you start loving yourself again!

'If you could win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend' Abraham Lincoln

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