When does a behavior cross into an addiction ?

When does a behavior cross into an addiction ?

Sexual activity can become problematic behavior if it interferes with a person’s ability to keep promises, violates personal values, feels beyond personal control, or continues despite negative consequences. Like shopping and sex, video games have become an activity that people use to manage distress or cope with the rest of life. Although patterns of brain…

Carrying on a tradition that went back to his dad and the dad before

http://bit.ly/2ElRd5X John was brought up by an alcoholic father “who was carrying on a tradition that went back to his dad and the dad before”. “I remember growing up and thinking, when mum was getting a hiding by Dad, that I would never be like that. I grew up determined not to follow in Dad’s…

Addiction | Psychology Today New Zealand

https://www.psychologytoday.com/nz/basics/addiction Addiction is a condition in which a person engages in the use of a substance or in a behavior for which the rewarding effects provide a compelling incentive to repeatedly pursue the behavior despite detrimental consequences. Addiction may involve the use of substances such as alcohol, inhalants, opioids, cocaine, nicotine, and others, or behaviors…

Drug therapy important for preventing relapse into substance abuse – not a crutch

Drug therapy important for preventing relapse into substance abuse – not a crutch

Dr. Willenbring is especially distressed about patients who are treated for opioid addiction, then relapse in part because they are not given maintenance therapy with the drug Suboxone. “We have some pretty good drugs to help people with addiction problems, but doctors don’t know how to use them,” he said. “The 12-step community doesn’t want…

Facebook groups exploiting addiction to sell services

Facebook groups exploiting addiction to sell services

https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/21/17370066/facebook-addiction-support-groups-rehab-patient-brokering Laurie Couch first joined the Affected by Addiction Support Group, a closed Facebook group with 70,000 members, she felt a sense of belonging. Here were people who understood her struggle to care for a son addicted to drugs, and they were there to support her, any time of the day or night. She began…

Be smarter, more empathetic, and have better relationships

Be smarter, more empathetic, and have better relationships

But first, a question for you: Would you like to be smarter, more empathetic, and have better relationships? The majority of you would probably say yes. What if I told you you could improve all those things for free, with just one small act? Now you’re perhaps both intrigued and suspicious. I promise, it’s not a trick. You…

#New #Zealand #woman’s #story #sex #addiction

#New #Zealand #woman’s #story #sex #addiction

Stuff.co.nz: A New Zealand woman’s story of sex addiction. https://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/love-sex/96839707 As a result, sex therapists tend not to talk about sexual “addiction”, says Dr. Karen Faisandier, a clinical psychologist based in Wellington. For her PhD research, Faisandier studied a group of 10 men who were seeking therapy for their sexual behavior, and she came to…