Self-Sabotage

Health behaviors that accelerate aging are reframed as violence against the self. Weekly scoring can track wins and losses while still aiming for zero self-aided destruction. Self-sabotaging impulses may generate persuasive justifications for actions that conflict with health goals. SAD stands for self-aided destruction and refers to specific self-destructive behaviors that should be measured and reduced. The article asserts that these persuasive arguments can lead to behaviors associated with aging, decay, and decline. The article frames drinking, staying up late, and eating junk food as examples of self-harming health behaviors. Identity change starts by identifying self-destructive versions of the self and reducing their destructive behavior to zero.