Thirty-five percent of us who make New Year's resolutions break them by the end of January. And only 23 percent of everyone who makes a resolution will see it through to completion [source:FranklinCovey].

Despite what you might have heard it can take longer than just 21 days for a lot of us to change a habit -- one study found it took anywhere between 18 and 245 days) [source: Burkeman].

Here are the top 10 Reasons why we break New Year’s Resolutions:

Why Men refuse to get therapy- Vulnerability= Weakness

In Brene Brown’s book- “Daring Greatly” she talks about being vulnerability in order to start getting the help we need. That showing that vulnerability is the first step in admitting you may need to get help. But as a man that last thing we want to be considered is vulnerable because in the masculine world that is a sign of weakness. As a male showing weakness brings on the feeling of shame. Simply put for men showing Vulnerability = Weakness= Shame.

So it looks like this for males:

1.        That someway “Asking for help” = weakness for males

2.       That it is un-masculine to ask for help and therefore “shameful”.

3.        To show “shame” is embarrassing or a sign of weakness

   

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Reasons why Online Counseling Services is more private & anonymous than traditional counseling

There are several reasons why people do not get or use traditional counseling for mental health issues that need to be address. They are the following:

1. They don’t want to admit they have a problem. Therefore they don’t go to counseling.
2. Don’t want go to a counselors office in fear they may be recognized by someone they know.
3. Don’t go to see a counselor because they don’t want to file a health insurance claim in fear that their employer with find out they are being seen for mental health issues. Therefore possible being fired from their job or not getting a promotion they deserve.

Online Counseling Services address these issue by offering the following:

Give your mind a Chill Pill by using Online Therapy & Online Life Coaching

When you go down the road of life, nothing is perfectly straight or leveled. You may encounter the metaphorical sharp turns, frequent road bumps or even the occasional potholes. These things can come in several forms such as drug addiction, depression, traumatic events etc. And if not dealt with, can affect our lives negatively. The above mentioned bumps can become mental disorders and the process of dealing with them is called therapy or counseling. Now you could go and spend hundreds of dollars on therapy sessions at your local therapist's office who's office hours don't agree with your day-to-day life, or you could go to online counseling as a simple and beneficial way to get therapy.