
The Mind & The Body: How physiological changes in both body and brain states guide our choices and behaviors
Dharmapunx NYC
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How to Deal With Addiction
A child who grew up with unreliable attachment will also begin to associate finally getting attention from a parent with excitement, because it's so unreliable. And again also I noted how alcoholics and addicts associate alcohol drugs disposable sex pornography shopping binge eating gambling gaming. A child who becomes addicted to video games does it because their home life is either so dispiriting or they have no mastery or control. But what if we change the feelings that we associate with addiction suppose we don't suppose we change the feeling from safety or ease or comfort to a negative feeling, like a sense of even a slight sense of disgust? This actually really works and helping people address addictions.
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