MAIN SYMPTOMS OF ADDICTION
All addictions are diagnosable because its symptoms can be recognized and described. Without enbargo, it is usually difficult and costly to accept that a person has an addiction problem, which is why it is best to leave that addiction is “self-diagnosed”
Unfortunately, the addict is often the last to hear about your own problem because of a defense mechanism called “denial.” As recommended by Dr. Arnold M. Washton in his book “Where there is no power,” published by Editorial Paidos in 1991, the best thing you can do instead of putting _en-is a label that person tranmitirle concrete reflections on their behavior and how this will affected.
OBSESIÓN.-addictive behavior is usually apremiente and obsessive. When you’re addicted often can not think of anything else other than the drug, how to get it, how to manage it, and so on. In general, addiction is experienced as an obsession that will direct much of their time, energy and attention. The lifestyle becomes monotonous, everything revolves around addiction and the other people, things, interests, obligations …. go to a secondary level.
IMPLICATIONS NEGATIVAS.-What makes an addiction is harmful is that it turns against oneself and others. At first we obtain gratification Cirta apparent, as with a habit. But sooner or later his behavior begins to have negative consequences in your life.
Additive behaviors produce pleasure, relief and other compensation in the short term, but rpovocan pain, disaster, desolation and a multitude of problems in the medium and long term.
The associated negative cosecuencias addictions affect many different aspects of a person’s life. The most important are:
RELATIONS. The relationship with family, friends, partners are altered, are frequent discussions, sexual disinterest. The communication is interrupted, loss of confidence, withdrawal ……
WORK: When a person has an addiction often detract tiempoo work to find or recover from drug use, often arriving late, there is lower productivity, quality deteriodo work, loss of work itself.
ECONOMICS: When allocating the bulk of the money to buy drugs, just money left for other things. The savings are exhausted and often appears indebtedness. Sometimes in order to cover the costs of addiction are forced to resort to theft and other illegal activities.
MENTAL HEALTH: The addicts often suffer a wide range of psychological disorders, how negative mood, irritability, defensiveness, self-esteem and loss of intense guilt.
BEHAVIOR: How to get and use drugs has become more important than anything else, addicts become selfish, self-centered liar: do not care about anyone but themselves.
PHYSICAL: The addiction usually takes the appearance of many physical symptoms including appetite disorders, ulcers, insomnia, fatigue, more physical disorders and diseases caused by each substance in particular.
LACK OF CONTROL .- The distinctive feature of addictive behavior is that in trying to control the will is insufficient. The substance or activity in question controls the person rather than vice versa. Persecpción The false self is one of the major paradigms for understanding addiction. Addicts believe they can control the drug: the amount, dosage, frequency lna, etc … But nothing is more wrong than this belief.
Thinking that one has a certain omnipotence against drugs is naive, let alone a history of consumption cuendo. If it abstinent for those difficult to control alcohol intake, for people who have a history of consumption and / or alcohol abuse is very difficult to stop, say no or to avoid a situation.
As NEGACIÖN.-addicts problems begin to accumulate (work, home, school, socially), inevitably begin to deny two things:
1.-That the drug is a problem that can not control
2.-That the negative effects of their lives to have some connection to drug use
Because denial is a fictional mental process, deny the addiction itself or its consequences means, literally, out of touch with reality
Denial takes many forms: * Denying strictly “No I have no problem” Minimize .-* “It’s not that bad” .-* avoid the issue altogether, ignoring it, refusing to address it or divert attention to another subject .- * Blaming others “Who would not do this in my situation” .-* Streamline “mine is not so serious” “I’m not so hooked .-*
Tags: Drug Addiction, Symptoms
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