Process Addictions: More Than Just a Bad Habit

ZA BAD EHABIT Food Addiction MORE Addictive foods can trigger the same feel-good brain chemicals as drugs The idea that a person can be addicted to food has Once people experience pleasure associated with increased dopamine transmission in the brain's reward pathway from eating certain foods, they quickly feel the need to eat again. recently gotten more support from science. Fat Sugar Cocaine As with other addictions, people who have tried to Dopamine STOP Salt Heroin Some people who overcome a food addiction and lose or cut back on a food addiction will have trouble stopping their behavior, even if they want to or have tried People develop a weight become addicted to exercise instead tolerance Swapping Addictions to sugar, they need more and more to satisfy themselves Smoking Famous Food Addict Carnie Wilson: In 1993, her own singing group broke up. A couple of years later, Wilson admitted that she was a 300-pound food addict, and began to explore bariatric surgery as an option. She told interviewers that she felt there was no choice. Occurs when you successfully manage to recover from one addiction, but in the process you replace it with another addiction. Internet Addiction New research suggests that so-called "Internet addiction" is associated with increased depression and even drug-like withdrawal symptoms. Search Types of Internet Addictions | Go Results Cybersex Addiction – compulsive use of Internet pornography, adult chat rooms, or adult fantasy role-play sites impacting negatively on real-life intimate relationships. 60 adults, average age about 24, took tests that examined their Internet use, their moods and feelings, including the potential for anxiety or depression, and even if they had some autistic traits. All participants then used the Internet for 15 minutes. Immediately after, Cyber-Relationship Addiction – addiction to social networking, chat rooms, and messaging to the point where virtual, online friends become more important than real-life relationships with family and friends. they again answered questionnaires to judge their mood and anxiety level. Net Compulsions – such as compulsive online gaming, 32 were deemed U problematic and/or high Internet users gambling, stock trading, or compulsive use of online auction sites such as eBay, often resulting in financial and job-related problems. Information Overload – compulsive web surfing or database searching, leading to lower work productivity and less social interaction with family and friends. 000 Computer Addiction – obsessive playing of off-line computer games, such as Solitaire or Minesweeper, or obsessive computer programming. 28 were low Internet users. 0OU0000000 The most common of these Internet addictions are cybersex, online gambling, and cyber-relationship addiction. Celebs and the Internet Russell Brand:Was obsessed with Googling himself. John Mayer: Said Twitter has become a dangerous addiction that he had a hard time quitting. "I now have an even larger Tumblr addiction". Jennifer Aniston: Allegedly ended her relationship with musician boyfriend John Mayer because he is obsessed with Twitter. Sex Addiction the behavior of a person who has an unusually intense sex drive or an obsession with sex. As many as (2 million Americans have a sex addiction, Around two-thirds of sex addicts are male. Either or Substance abusers frequently develop sexually addictive behavior Sex while they are abusing when they quit using drugs Ed stimulants as a result of not having developed an accurate young adults who are intellectually delayed can Adolescents and understanding of healthy sexuality. develop a pattern of compulsive sexual behavior, Those with Dependent Personality Disorder can become sexually addicted as well. Love addicts use sex to get love and can base their entire identity on the relationship, thus becoming totally dependent on that person. Famous Sex There is such Addict a thing as a David Duchovny has, in the past, voluntarily sought monogamous sex addict. treatment for a sex addiction, and has talked about his internet pornography obsession. Ironically, he portrays a sexually compulsive writer on Showtime's Californication. 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