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So there's a classic view of addiction or image that comes to mind of an individual who's experienced an array of adverse childhood experiences, develops chronic hypervigilance and intrusive memories of abuse, and then seeks substances like drugs and alcohol to numb so that they no longer feel the states of unease, the complex

PTSD or the intrusive memories the most pathological outcomes

where people no longer can work or sustain relationships and wind up

hospitalized but if that's the way we narrowly relationships and wind up hospitalized.

But if that's the way we narrowly define addictive behaviors,

it overlooks the widespread presence of compulsive addictive cycles in common pleasures that can be consumed by some people

in healthy ways but by others can become obsessive and almost pathological in the reliance.

So for example, some people can snack at night, have a cookie while others binge eat. Some people can enjoy Instagram, TikTok, or YouTube for a short period and then put it aside without becoming compulsive, engaging with it for hours.

Some people can engage in online shopping or online dating without reaching a level of fixation where they feel uncomfortable if they're not on those apps.

And even socially laudatory activities that people think highly up.

For instance, exercise can turn into compulsive behaviors

that when people eventually can't stop returning to these routines.

What happens is there's the hunt, the anticipatory weight for a payoff and then the withdrawal to a neutral state that feels less and less satisfying.

People begin to feel restless and irritable when they're not engaged in their

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