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I think OP is saying that trauma leads to addiction, not necessarily the act itself; ie, shopping addicts are addicted to shopping because of past trauma not ne

by renlo 6y ago

I think OP is saying that trauma leads to addiction, not necessarily the act itself; ie, shopping addicts are addicted to shopping because of past trauma not necessarily because of the act of shopping itself. As a prior nicotine addict I don't necessarily agree with this, as I have felt firsthand what the addictiveness nicotine feels like and I don't believe it's psychological (and, it seems like heroin may be similar)

datavirtue 6y ago
If you have lower dopamine levels watching TV can be enough to get addicted. Any opiate is going to grab you. Some people cannot stop watching TV as it bumps up the pleasure enough for them to feel normal or not depressive. Some people get from seeing comments/likes on their FB posts.