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addictive personality
if i have a very addictive personality [cutting 3 years,ect.] how do i overcome this..and theres not more behind this story. doctors never diagnosed it as anything. also can anyone explain what an addictive personality is really.
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its basically being addicted to something. as in cutting. its a bad habbit. but you have to stop it. or it will only get worse. like i said to someone earlier, think about whats bothering you and if its really worth hurting youself. maybe see a therapist too, they can give you medicine to maybe control it.
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Everyone can develop habits, and they can be harder for some to break depending on the challenges of the specific person and habit. Chemicals in our brains that make us feel good sometimes occur right after having pain. The cutting provided you with this feeling. It released tension and then soothed you chemically. There are a million other ways to get this stress relieval and soothing chemical release. Excercise is an easy one to try. If you can start running for 20 minutes everyday, you will enjoy the results. An addiction is something that we get immediate gratification from, usually without thinking about the consequences. It is usually about feeling good or stress relieval. Addictions can take over your life if we do not continually make a decision to say no to the addiction and yes to something better for us. Life is about balance, so find something that will take the place of what you once relied on. Make sure it is something positive and healthy. A person who chooses to constantly seek out addictions and behave in ways that do not promote whole being wellness are taking shortcuts to long term damage. The easy and fast fix is almost always the one we regret. All good things are earned through honest seeking and personal effort.
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Realize that you might very well not be 'addicted', but simply have underlying problems and cutting is needed as an outlet.
The term "Addictive Personality" isn't universally accepted, not everyone in the medical field believes it even exists. Being that it is neurological, and that we know so little about the brain actually, a lot of this is guess-work. Some draw the line at your personality, others feel it is deeper than that.
My belief is that any predisposition towards addiction is a melange of various factors such as mental state, emotional happiness/unhappiness, personality, possible social position and various other factors. Short of seeing a doctor or other mental health professional, I would be hesitant to classify you in any way, other than to perhaps suggest going to see someone as cutting really isn't anything good. Often its a cry for help, or a phyusical manifestation of emotional turmoil. Sometimes its a way to fit in or to define yourself socially in a world that doesnt seem to make a whole lot of sense.
If you've never seen a doctor over it, I'd suggest going.
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