Amazing addictions that you have not heard of before
Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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In most people, the word "dependence" is firmly associated only with drug addiction, alcoholism and smoking. However, in recent years, scientists have become increasingly convinced that dependence can also be expressed in an irresistible desire to perform an action, that is, a person can suffer from behavioral dependence. Where is the line between normal human behavior and drug addiction?
Job
Nowadays you can often hear the word "trumpet", but not all people who spend a lot of time at work, fall under the characteristics of this term. The real workaholics work until they are blue and find any reason to bring the piles of documents home and continue working. Workaholism is a compulsive disorder, therefore such people are distinguished for their dedication, despite whether they like the work or not. Like any addiction, workaholism can adversely affect other areas of life, such as relationships with family and friends, and even on a person's physical health.
The Internet
Despite the fact that the Internet has become widely available only in recent years, the number of people dependent on it is growing every day. The World Wide Web is dragging and tangling into its networks. A person can be convinced that this is just an innocent pastime, but employees from the Rehabilitation Center of Internet addicts give alarming figures - the number of people dependent on the Internet today is from 5 to 10%. Like most addictions, Internet addiction is characterized by what prevents a person's normal life, putting before him only one priority - to spend online as much as possible.
Caffeine
A cup of coffee in the morning and at lunchtime is the norm for most people. But there are people who do not know their life without caffeine. They are horrified if coffee is over, and can not drink it at all, but get the same stimulating effect from energy drinks, in which caffeine contains a huge amount.
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The fact is, the body produces adenosine, a substance that causes drowsiness and slows down the activity of nerve cells, and when caffeine joins adenosine, the activity of nerve cells on the contrary increases. Caffeine also increases the production of dopamine, a hormone that activates pleasure centers in the brain - that's another reason for addiction.
[Love
Some people just love to love. Infatuation brings a person into a state of excitement and affection, encouraging him and giving him a great mood. Some people are obsessed with these feelings. As a rule, addicted addicts today swear eternal love to one object of passion, and tomorrow they can not live without the other.
Negative
All people complain and mope, but there are others who do it endlessly. They see only negative in any situation, for them the glass is always half empty, no matter how you prove that there are white stripes in life. Such people see everything only in gloomy tones and are looking for an excuse to be dissatisfied. Addictive behavior is characterized by the desire to escape from reality through the artificial change of one's mental state. Thus, a person has a burst of brain activity when he thinks of something negative.
Dermatomania
It may seem strange, but there are people who literally can not live without squeezing out a pimple or biting off a burr. Dermatolomania has an intrusive nature. A person is irresistibly drawn to the skin, despite the fact that it can do harm, for example, a person knows that his action may be followed by bleeding or a scar remains, but he continues his manipulations anyway.