What is “behavioral addiction”?
Addictions are not necessarily bad things, or at least they never intend to be bad things. They are ways people look to “elixirs”, I call them, to cope with life, bad feelings, bad events, and they’re always adaptive at first. The way I define addiction is “an adaptation to life that has gone awry.” What [...]
Why are some behaviors more addictive than others?
The reason people get addicted to anything is because it makes them feel good. The reason why people get addicted to gambling is there’s a potential for them to feel better at the end of the involvement with the gambling, at least at first. Things don’t make you feel better, chances are that you won’t [...]