09:00 p.m
Thursday 30 June 2022
Sometimes we continue to practice unhealthy habits, in a routine way that reaches the point of attachment, and over time turns into an addiction that is not different from drug addiction, but the problem is that we do not feel that the habit continues.
Addiction is not limited to drug abuse only, but also includes many other types that negatively affect a person’s mental and physical health and may cause him to lose his future and distract his focus.
pathological love
Commenting on this, Dr. Eman Abdullah, a family therapist told “Masrawy” that addiction has many types, such as pathological love that turns into an unhealthy attachment that afflicts people with psychological diseases, noting that when something takes all of our attention, we must beware of it.
behavioral addiction
During her conversation with “Masrawy”, “Abdullah” indicated that addiction includes many branches other than drugs, including excessive smoking, eating food and sweets, watching series all day long, or sitting for long periods in front of the Internet or on social media platforms, explaining that this falls under Behavioral addiction clause.
Psychiatric treatment
And the family therapist added, that the person must make sure that his interest goes to things of value that will benefit him in his life and reflect positively on his future, otherwise he must reconsider and evaluate his interests, pointing out that falling into the focus of behavioral addiction and pathological attachment, you need psychological treatment to get rid of Of which.
Abdullah pointed out that the pathological attachment to other people is one of the types of addiction that may push one to get rid of life, advising the need for a person to live life in all its psychological, biological and social aspects.
girls chat
The family therapist added that talking to girls over the phone at night is a form of addiction, in addition to being attached to watching pornographic films, drinking coffee, reading newspapers, and eating chocolate, pointing out that the sufferer of these types does not feel that he is going too far, and wakes up to a disaster, too late.
negative addiction
Iman Abdullah continued, that any habit that deprives a person of his family and social duties is a negative addiction that he has to get rid of, advising the need to move away from bad habits gradually by following the theory of substitution, which is replacing a harmful habit with a beneficial one while taking care to reduce the time of exposure to it to achieve the purpose .
The family therapist stressed the need for deep breathing as a kind of exercise to improve mood, and gain positive energy that helps to get rid of harmful addiction, while making sure to set goals to improve life, reviewing oneself every day before bed, and measuring the extent of success that a person has made to achieve his goals, while practicing Sports on a daily basis.
hidden addiction treatment
And Iman Abdullah concluded, that the treatment of hidden addiction is through a simple exercise that is a recording of today’s behavior on a paper, to read the reality that has already happened, explaining that this exercise reveals the person’s feelings in front of himself and gives him the ability to evaluate them and then make a decision to modify the behavior.