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In my experience addiction is less about the thing you're addicted to, and more about some negative experience / emotions that you're using the addiction to esc
by imgabe 8y ago
In my experience addiction is less about the thing you're addicted to, and more about some negative experience / emotions that you're using the addiction to escape.
- ASalazarMX 8y agoThis. Addiction is a temporary escape from reality, and anything that offers such escape can become addictive: games, Netflix, drugs, training, hiking, social networks, books, etc.
- tomcam 8y agoYou are correct-most clinicians agree with you. The usual measuring tool is, "does it affect your family, work, or romantic life negatively?" and GP does not show any such signs.
- foxyv 8y agoToo true. I really liked the experiments they did with rat park to argue against the skinner model of addiction. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat_Park https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat_Park
- fibbery 8y agoWhat about cigarettes?
- imgabe 8y agoEscape from not looking really freakin' cool. Joking, but kind of not. Of course, there's a physical aspect that takes over. But most people start smoking as a teenager, to rebel against, you know, everything like teenagers do, because they're trying to figure themselves out. And the act of going out for a smoke gives you a pleasant little break from whatever you were doing before, which was probably not as much fun as smoking.