Question: have you ever thought that addictions can be classically conditioned into our life? Just how do you think that would occur?
Response: I had never thought about addictions in that way. When someone becomes
an drug addict it is for the relief they get from each time they partake
in the act. This ingrains into the person's mind that the two are
connected. Drugs equal relief in their minds. This could also be why
quitting addictions is so difficult. Instead of associating quitting
with the benefits, they associate it with difficulty and sacrifice. If
every time someone went to do the drug they got hit by a boxing mitt
then I do not think that it would be so addicting haha. On the other
hand, if every day a person went without the drug they were awarded with
a check (of a substantial amount of money) then it would be much more
easy to quit. The more that I think about it, the more it seems the two
are connected. No doubt there are biological addictions to certain
substances, but it would be interesting if there was a way to calculate
what percentage of addictions are psychological.
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