[Draft] Sign's Super Nerdy Guide on the Cognitive Substrates of Quitting MS

I never said it was impossible to quit. I just said it can get pretty hard after certain points. A metaphor to which I can compare my meaning is the fact (rather the stereotypical picture) that many Americans are trying to fight obesity. Some expect an easy solution, but generally all of the "good" ones out there require quite a bit of effort and commitment.


Anyways, good luck with the event. Judgement day is nigh xD

I see what you mean. However, coming from a therapy perspective (non-psychology), I do believe there's always an option for change! The effort and commitment you speak of seems to be something almost not worth overcoming, but I guess this is why I felt compelled to write this guide. I would humbly suggest that there are things you can do to change your own thinking and behaviour, others' thinking and behaviour, the environment around you, and your lifestyle, to make behaviour/mentality change not as difficult to overcome as you might think just from looking at popular notions of addiction.

I personally went through a great deal of excitement and in fact a period of maturity and realisation during my quitting process, and I guess I'd like to extend that to others to show that quitting doesn't have to be painful and effortful, and perhaps that's why I wrote the guide, rather than any particular desire to win the competition. This is a topic I have been thinking about for a good year and a bit, and will probably be thinking about long after the MapleGuides competition is over (although I don't know about the motivation to write more, haha - maybe that's the reason why I took the opportunity to enter the event).

I see that you've entered a most comprehensive guide yourself in the event - even better luck to you!! I hope you win!!