🌿 The Cycle of Repeating Mistakes – A Very Human Thing
Have you ever done something you knew was wrong
but still did it anyway?🤷🏽♂️
Not because you didn’t know better.
Not because you didn’t care.
But somehow, you just kept falling into the same pattern.🐾🐾
I’ve asked myself this many times.
“Why do I keep messing up the same way, even after promising I wouldn’t?”
It turns out, there’s more going on than just being careless or lazy.💤
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🧠 The Brain Has Its Shortcuts
There’s something called a habit loop.When we
repeat a behaviour often enough, our brain (specifically the basal ganglia) stores it as a shortcut to save energy. It doesn’t care if the habit is helpful or harmful – it just remembers what’s familiar.
So when we get overwhelmed, frustrated, stressed
our brain pulls out that shortcut. That’s why some people lash out at those they love, not because they don’t care – but because their brain has learnt that reacting that way is “quicker” than facing the real issue.😿
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❤️🩹 Emotion vs Logic
When we’re anxious or fearful, our brain releases cortisol. This activates the amygdala, the part that governs strong emotions. In that state, logic takes a backseat – and we act from emotion instead.
So no, repeating the same mistake doesn’t always mean someone is selfish or careless.Sometimes,
it means they’re stuck in a cycle that their brain created to protect them… even if it no longer helps.
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🔄 So How Do We Break the Cycle?
🙏🏽I think the first step is acceptance.
Accepting that we’ve made mistakes.🍃
That we’ve developed some unhelpful patterns.
But also accepting that we’re still allowed to grow.
Change doesn’t happen overnight. It doesn’t need to.
But if we can become more aware of ourselves – of our triggers, of how we speak to ourselves – then we slowly start shifting things.
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📽️ In the End…
I believe that the people who repeat mistakes aren’t always ignoring the problem.Some of them have simply been stuck in survival mode for a very long time.
If we’ve grown up in an environment where blame, avoidance, or harsh words were normal, then our brain adopts those as survival tools. And if no one ever pointed out that those tools weren’t healthy… the cycle just continues.
It doesn’t mean people can’t change.
It just means no one ever showed them how.
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💬 Final Thoughts
Maybe this all sounds a bit familiar to you. If it does,
I just want to say: you’re not alone. Making the same mistakes doesn’t make you broken. It makes you human.
But if you ever feel ready to break out of that cycle – even slowly, gently, on your own terms – you can
absolutely do it.
Because sometimes, becoming the best version of ourselves doesn’t come from being perfect. It comes
from messing up, learning, and choosing to try again.
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