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If the world were this simple addiction treatment would simply not exist. It very often starts as a result of unresolved neuroticism stemming from trauma, and d
by bloqs 2y ago
If the world were this simple addiction treatment would simply not exist. It very often starts as a result of unresolved neuroticism stemming from trauma, and damage or underdevelopment of the prefrontal cortex (responsible for executive function, like planning and acting on plans), essentially the food/drug/bad habit quiets the negative emotion throes that occur without warning or control. The random component causes the person to compulsively engage in the quieting behaviour, which dopaminergically reinforces itself.
Or:
- Try and eat nothing but vitamin supplements, water and oats
- stop using all of your favourite technological devices
-cease all sexual activity
for a month straight, starting tomorrow if you want to see what it feels like.
- orwin 2y agoYou're talking about the mind here, but hunger has a somatic component that those kind of privation cannot emulate. I can go on two week hikes where i do mostly what you say, but fasting for 5 days had me feel like dying on the second (once the pain pass and you can sleep, the following days are easy and you can ignore hunger). Or to say it another way, a more impersonnel one: much like nicotine and alcohol, food addiction isn't just psychologic but also somatic (unlike sex, sport, videogames, probably other). The issue with food addiction is that you cannot avoid food like you avoid alcohol and tobacco: you _have_ to eat to survive. Which make discourse like GP's "use your willpower!" as dumb as HAES', or maybe even more.