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tweet by Johann Hari: The core of addiction is not wanting to be present in life, because pour life is too painful a place to be. This is why imposing more pain or punishment on a person with an addiction problem actually makes their addiction worse.

  • schmidtster@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Is Harvard a good enough source for you…?

    If you are hav¬ing trouble with everyday functioning because of ADHD, then trying drug treatment makes sense. If the impact of ADHD is minor and you’ve figured out coping strategies without a formal diagnosis and treatment plan, your doctor may instead advise treatments that don’t involve medications

    https://www.health.harvard.edu/mind-and-mood/non-drug-treatments-for-adult-adhd

    There’s hundreds more sources that all say the same thing from this newer information……

    But hey, let’s listen to the druggie lmfao. It even mentions what I described about it disturbing already established coping mechanisms…. Would you fucking look at that…….