We find old routines comfortable
Habits are comfortable. When we're stressed out, we tend to fall back on our old habits for two reasons:
- The brain likes to know what is going to happen next. Routines are situations that have occurred often enough that you know exactly how events will unfold.
- The brain wants to spend the least amount of energy on any particular activity. The less time you spend thinking about something, the less energy your brain uses on it.
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