It is a matter of basic instincts. To eat. Sleep. Empty. But at that moment they go all aside and prefer only what I want. “When you are addicted, you just think of the next time you will,” says addictologist Marta Tara Šturm in a podcast.
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The addictions are sometimes lightened. Or they are divided into the “real” – hard drugs or alcohol – and let’s say “light”. Sometimes it seemed that if someone was addicted, just say, have a strong enough will, and simply stop. But none of this is true. There is only one addiction. “And I think it is not purely related to the fabric on which someone is so -called. It is related to some addictive behavior and this may really concern anything. From drugs and tobacco to anything from the Internet or sex,” explains psychotherapist and addictologist Marta Tara, co -founder of the first Czech Center for addicts.
It may not take a long time
It is difficult to explain if someone has not experienced it. Or at least he didn’t have someone in his vicinity. The real addiction completely absorbs them and gives no room to anything else. “It takes you from life, direction, your plans and dreams. It changes personality, relationships and affects all social interactions. It takes your life and thus brings more and more frequent and intense problems,” the expert describes.
The mechanism is always the same. Whether a particular addiction is a drug or a game on a mobile. “At the same time, the problem is that no one knows how long it will take us to fall into it,” adds addictologist. “Some of them have been years and a long time of accustomers, some of them seemed to click a click and you are going depending on a very short time.”
Vigilance to yourself
The path from addiction is long and demanding, so it is best to avoid it completely. But it’s not easy at all. And when it does not concern downright addictive substances, it is even more difficult to notice that we are going to it. “It is important to be vigilant to yourself. It is changing something in my world, in my ranking of values. It takes me something we grew up with or what I was heading for.
Way out
When we can realize this, it is also the best way to avoid addiction. Or at least escape from it faster than it is too serious. “It is natural, to start solving it, examining, finding out what options I have,” says an addictologist. Come to help, for example, to a therapist or an addictologist. But at the same time start with yourself, calmly. “I know from practice that addictive behavior often appeared when my clients stopped listening to themselves. They forgot how to resume, how to actually relax,” he adds. This can also be the first step to return to life without risky behavior.
