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by Terri Cole Have you ever heard of the term Shadow Addiction? Shadow Addictions are becoming incredibly and increasingly more common in our society. The spike in the number of younger therapy clients coming to me with shadow addictions inspired this tip. First, let's clarify what an addiction is. Psychology Today gives a great overview of addiction, stating, "Addiction is a condition that results when a person ingests a substance [alcohol, cocaine, nicotine] or engages in an activity [gambling] that can be pleasurable but the continued use of which becomes compulsive and interferes with ordinary life responsibilities, such as work or relationships, even health. Users may not be aware that their behavior is out of control and causing problems for themselves and others." It goes on to explain different types of addictions and the biology and chemistry behind them and how to seek out treatments plans. I encourage you to take a look. While shadow addiction is a form of addiction, it is, on the... Read the whole entry » by Seth Godin The transcontinental railroads led to the invention of time zones. For the first time, everyone needed to be in sync, regardless of what village one lived in. A few generations later, we're in all in sync, to the second, thanks to the computers in our pockets. Time is borrowed, wasted, spent. We find the time, slow down time, take our time. It's Miller, quitting, clobberin' time. We focus on the stitch in time, hard time, closing time, not to mention big, daylight savings, race against, first, last, due, nick of… Time is so variable, so based on our experience, that the absolute measure of time is almost meaningless. Don't even get me started about relativity and time travel. Time on a long bus trip goes so much slower than time spent doing what we love with people we care about. We'll pay $1,000.00 to buy an hour in some circumstances, but refuse to pay a $5.00 premium to save an hour in others. Time doesn't exist, not in a way that matters to most people. The... Read the whole entry » by Positively Positive Related Posts Healing an Injury, A Patient's Perspective. My Body Is No Longer a Graveyard How to Tap into Your Self-Healing Superpowers The Key to Healing It Is Feeling It: Embrace All of Your Feelings as a Gift More Recent Articles | |
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