Addiction comes in many forms
People always thought that addiction only involve drugs, smoking. But really addiction comes in many forms. Some could be staying late playing games while ignoring family in distress or in need. Some could binge eating today and eat nothing the next day. Some cant stop getting in people business and stalking all day. Some cant stop being a people pleaser and cant get away from the person that they think they love. Which one are the most dangerous to you? I think being addicted to a person is the most dangerous addiction. And I used to rely on substance 24 hours for months.
Hello @justawomanwithadream!
This is a very interesting perspective on addiction.
I wish professionals would explore your perspective further.
However your perspective is a very broad notion and would probably be too complex to finish a study like this.
If you think even further who are these experts who come up with societal rules that we are forced down our throat and made to accept as fact. Isn't everything we do almost daily a addiction as well...
Well it seems we are coming up with more questions than answers at this point..
Please continue to explore addiction, i'm sure everyone here loved your post.
Take care 🌟
@justawomanwithadream
Not a long addiction term you had. Very rare.
@justwomanwithdream
You are talking about something I was exploring many years. While other people seem to control their pleasures well while measured consuming I can only control it if totally quit.
But if one quits a habit, brain is asking to put another pleasure on that space. This happened to me a lot. I quit coffee, eat more sugar , quit sugar surf more on internet waves , quit gadgets - seek for pleasure to be more rude with other people or something.
It is what it is , at least my endless efforts brought to the idea, that not every consumption is addiction, but a compulsory.
Brain is looking for a cheap dopamine to compensate stress, which is unavoidable these days, but is something to work on.
When I decided to not let in less stresses - I noticed gradually less need for those pleasures. Plus tried to replace dummscrolling with drawing, reading, solving tasks etc. I always start with those - if not enough - let myself watch something for a short time.
Because of simple rule - if a pleasure leads to another pleasure, be suspicious with it.
As for reducing incoming stress, sometimes it appears funny. When I talk to my african friends, who never seem to listen attentively, I ask them to do their best, collect all their attention and direct it to my words, so that I just say it once, because I have no option to allow stress. You guys smoke and drink daily, but I quite my last drug - caffeine, so I have nothing to cover that stress with 😀
When I wake up I remind myself - we come here with nothing and leave with nothing, the last shirt has no pockets. So I better do a setup to not care about any spontaneous unpleasant moments, losses BEFORE they happen
