Nicotine addiction isn’t the same. That’s physiological. Same with alcohol. It’s literally changing your body chemistry and that creates the addiction. This is emotional/psychological addiction. It’s like video games or sex. You can become addicted to it, but it’s the exception, not the rule.
That’s a good point. I guess I have an issue with labeling psychological addictions to specific things then as I dont think it’s so much the “this thing” that’s addicting as it’s something that you’ve psychologically latched onto.
Treating a generalized psychological addiction seems like it would be pretty straightforward in terms of treating vs a chemical or physiological addiction. But I’m not a therapist, and I’m sure there is a great reason as to why these things are labeled the way they are. Apologies for my stubbornness on this subject.
Nicotine addiction isn’t the same. That’s physiological. Same with alcohol. It’s literally changing your body chemistry and that creates the addiction. This is emotional/psychological addiction. It’s like video games or sex. You can become addicted to it, but it’s the exception, not the rule.
That’s a good point. I guess I have an issue with labeling psychological addictions to specific things then as I dont think it’s so much the “this thing” that’s addicting as it’s something that you’ve psychologically latched onto.
Treating a generalized psychological addiction seems like it would be pretty straightforward in terms of treating vs a chemical or physiological addiction. But I’m not a therapist, and I’m sure there is a great reason as to why these things are labeled the way they are. Apologies for my stubbornness on this subject.