I'm not sure what a trigger warning would look like but I agree in figuring out a language distinction. Chemically dependent works in a lot of ways IMHO. but

I'm not sure what a trigger warning would look like but I agree in figuring out a language distinction. Chemically dependent works in a lot of ways IMHO. but I guess you could argue that ones porn addiction messes with your neuro-transmitters & dopamine, gaba, whatever too. Plus you're right that with poly drug dependency a lot of times there are other real mental health issues at play, many requiring medicine to treat both the chemical dependency and underlying problems. To me too it's kind of a bit of trigger when people over exaggerate and self diagnose their 'serious' starbucks addiction lol as a joking example. not sure trigger is the word, but like more like a sigh when you have a life experience more similar to what you describe. like when a reddit thread gets literally 80% of people commenting they have self diagnosed adhd or ocd compulsions whatever. slaps face.