I need help getting over my tv addiction...?
I know it sounds dumb...but tv is my haven. I'm a junior in high school and I get so overwhelmed with school and everything that's going on, that tv is the one way that I can relax. When I'm watching tv, it takes my mind off of all the stress that is pounding in my head...but its only temporary. When a shows over, the stress comes back and its worse...so I put on another show. Pretty soon its 10 at night and I haven't done any homework or chores or painting, or the thousand other things I have to do...and then I'm sooo swamped that my brain just overloads and shuts down and I can't do anything...I will literally sit in my room with my books open in front of me and stare at the wall until midnight, not even realizing that I've wasted so much time. I've tried prying myself away from the tv, but that in itself is hard to do, then if for any reason I have to even walk through the room with the tv, someone will have something on and suddenly I'm right back where I started. I've also tried taking medicine to help me focus on my work, but it makes me jittery and I become too dependant...I feel like if I don't take it I will go back into my trance. I love tv, but it takes up too much of my time and it stresses me out more (at least its better than drugs)...but is there some way I can stop this??? Please help!!
Help? Foot Fetish? Is this an addiction?
I'm 17 guy, I have a foot fetish for women, it's so hard not to watch these videos on youtube, but I don't have a girlfriend at the moment, I feel like it helps me relieve stress. Then again sometimes I don't get turned on much after I do my thing after the foot fetish videos? My question is, this a bad habit? Is it wrong? Can I still do it but limit how much I do?
Am addicted to musturbation, please help?
Turn it into an activity both you and your women can enjoy.
What is the relationship between stress and addiction?
The human brain seems to accept stress as a substitute for drugs. This may explain the conflict seeking behavior of dependent individuals.Addictive drugs seem to raise the brain levels of a neurosteroid called allopregnanolone. Chronic exposure to allopregnanolone results in changes that in turn effect behavior, namely by increasing anxiety until the dependent individual takes drugs which temporarily alleviate this distress. So far, there is evidence that addictive substances as different in their chemical make-up and effect as alcohol and methamphetamines seem to raise levels of this neurosteroid which in turn leads to anxiety if they are not taking the drug. In the absence of the drug of choice, it seems that the dependent individual can find some relief from their cravings if they encounter sufficient stress to raise their endogenous allopregnanolone levels enough to provide anxiolysis. For the non dependent person, high levels of stress lead to chronically elevated levels of allopregnanolone which will ultimately result in anxiety when not maintained. In other words the high stress, Type A personality will experience withrawal and anxiety when you force them to relax and de-stress. The changes to the brain of a dependent person (stress or drugs) seem to mimic the emotional volatility and mood swings of adolescents.Related Answers:New Mechanism That May Underlie Addictive, Eating, and Anxiety Disorders by Sanjay Sabnani on Scattered ThoughtsSanjay Sabnani's answer to Does a nice drunk indicate a nice person in reality and a mean drunk indicate a mean person in reality?Sanjay Sabnani's answer to The day after drinking I have serious anxiety with a big focus on my health: worried about heart problems, strokes, and numbness in the left side of my body. What can I do about the severe anxiety I get when I have a hangover?Sanjay Sabnani's answer to Why are more females than males diagnosed with anxiety disorders?Why does my anxiety act up two days after a night of drinking?References:Stress steroid mediated withdrawal anxiety in methamphetamine dependent rats: Reversible by FlumazenilPublications | National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism | Stess and Alcohol
MARRIAGE FAILING- DRUG ADDICTION.. help??
My husband and i been together almost 7 years. He started his own company about a year and a half ago and it’s going pretty well. But he’s always busy working 7 days a week. Long hours. Mainly during the night. And with all the stress and pressure that comes with a new business he started using cocaine to keep up with work. He’s mainly the only one working until he grows the company more and expands. I just don’t know what to do anymore it’s really taking a toll on our marriage. We aren’t living together at the moment due to our problems but we been saving money for a home. I hardly see him and he hardly answers my calls or texts. He claims he is so busy at work. He’s more aggressive now. He don’t go out to eat or anything cus he’s hardly ever hungry. We barely have sex because he doesn’t get hard when he does coke. He doesn’t even call or answer when my son wants to speak to him (he’s 5) i just don’t know what to do anymore. He says he can stop anytime but he hasn’t i just don’t know what to do i want him to get help and whether we are together or not i don’t want anything bad happening to him HELP please
My dad drinks a lot due to stress. How can I help him stop?
So does mine.Ask him if he wants to stop, and if he says no then know that you can’t help him. You honestly can’t. But Alanon support groups would probably be a very helpful option for you to help you process the way his drinking affects you.If he does want to stop, I recommend he try taking Kratom. It’s helped many people I know stop drinking, and it helps with mood and anxiety. There is no known adverse affect on the liver or kidneys, unlike with drinking, and I’m sure those could use a break. I would recommend buying from Herb Stomp’s online store. Google “herb stomp Portland Oregon.” Tell him to start with a teaspoon three times a day. There’s a lot of good info on the web about this herb, but a lot of bad info, and a lot of people will rip you off. Buy from a real herb shop, like Herb Stomp, and not a mini mart or a head shop. Visit The Kratom Bible - A Complete Guide to Kratom | Enso BotanicalsOf course a support group like AA and a good therapist should be part of his program as well.
How do I help my marijuana addiction? I'm 14 and tried to stop using marijuana, only just to switch to vape pens, and I use it daily because of how stressful school is? What are some ways I can get help for my dependence?
Honestly, I’ll call BS on the “addiction” part. You are young and you don’t know the difference between attraction, compulsion and addiction. It is a habit, but habits are relatively easy to break.Marijuana is not addictive in a pharmaceutical sense. You don’t suffer when you stop, in fact, it’s pretty cool when your dreams become more vivid immediately after.Just stop. First of all, you know it’s not, on the balance, right for you now or you wouldn’t be here.Second, you are very young and developing still. It’s just way too early no matter what others are doing right around you. Life throws enough at us, we don’t need to handicap ourselves.Third, constant consumption in itself is no good. I believe that Marijuana is and can be fine on occasion, as a spice to life, for some. Smoking all the time turns it from that into just the way you are all the time, which in part is, slightly stupid.Put it aside and make a promise to yourself to wait a year and reassess when you are older. Not to say that you want to do it at 15, way too young still but take it a year at a time. You will be surprised at how easy it really is. When or if, somebody passes it to you, take it hold it up in acknowledgment and pass it on. You’ll be surprised at how quickly you identify with being a non-smoker who can share the circle sincerely from experience without the need to actually consume anymore. And you will feel clear and empowered.Stopping may become one of the first things you realize as a teenager that establishes your strength and discipline in your future as an adult.Just do it, really. Don’t fool yourself into thinking you can’t just to have as an excuse, that’s lame and you don’t want to go that way. Exercising your personal power in itself will help you cope with the other aspects of life as well. It’s not easy but you want to find and develop good skills for coping that come from inside, not outside.
Is it okay to cope with stress with shopping addiction? If not, why do people say ‘treat yourself’?
Doing something that is not a healthy activity is not treating yourself. I found when cleaning my home years ago, I stopped for a cigarette break. The reality I realized was cigarettes are toxic, poison and kill you. Is that treating myself to do something that is ultimately harmful?Addiction according to the AMA, is a chronic, progressive disease that leads to death or insanity without intervention. If the behavior of addiction is ultimately going to kill me is that treating yourself.I gave up all 9 addictions of mine and treat myself to an ice cream cone or meditation. They are not going to kill me over time. Shopping to feel good is not the answer.Opening your heart to the love of the universe feels good and expand your life into joy. Find a spiritual study group, help someone, volunteer in a food bank or museum. Those will take away the stress and you will love yourself for doing it. You are looking for love in all the wrong places. Love never fails.
I'M addicted to masturbation and pornography HELP PLEASE!!!?
Come on people! Can't you see that this young man is not just viewing porn and masturbating for fun? He is addicted and is asking for help to break that addiction. Here is my two cents 1) Your addiction doesn't have anything to do with the porn you're watching or the things you feel. These types of addictions are almost always coping mechanisms....there is something deep inside of you that you are avoiding. 2) Unless you can observe these things inside of you, you cannot overcome your addiction (they may be feelings of anxiety, loneliness, guilt, or a number of other things) 3) Do what you can to explore your feelings (prayer, meditation) and decide WHY you feel those things. I cannot stress enough the importance of knowing why you look at pornography. Overcoming addiction is a journey that is not easy. I know what it's like to obsess over porn and masturbation....it takes away your freedom. But it IS possible to overcome, once you know why you really do it. Remember, it is possible to outrun that which runs after us, but impossible to outdistance that which runs inside of us. Also, I know it is hard when you are raised in a christian home, but tell your parents. Sure, they will probably yell at you and punish you, but their help and love will be worth it, I promise.
Are people who had to deal with some type of addiction such as drug addiction, prone to the anger issue?
Anger issues are a common problem at the root of addiction. Many people struggling with addiction begin using drugs or alcohol as an effort to cope with stress and frustration. Over time, this can develop into dependence on their substance of choice. Attempts to discontinue use may result in uncomfortable withdrawal symptoms, which in turn contributes to increased anger and anxiety. This produces a violent cycle of stress and substance abuse. Stress and anxiety are most often expressed by humans as irritability or anger. We may not intend on seeming irritable or angry; however, this is a natural byproduct of stress in our lives.For this reason, people in recovery are encouraged to learn how to handle feelings of discomfort in healthier ways. Experts recommend participating in therapeutic activities like Yoga and Qi Gong, which can complement traditional forms of talk therapy. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), a form of talk therapy which research supports as effective for anger management, aims to help people by looking at connections among thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Many treatment centers offer anger management classes as part of their curriculum because they are aware of the connections among stress, anxiety, and addiction. They want to help their clients learn to successfully manage these negative emotions and find more constructive ways of managing stress in their lives in the future. Your question is such a good one as you hit on a very important part of the recovery process: finding healthy ways to cope with stressors which are bound to affect us all, and doing so without using drugs or alcohol.