Posted : June 2013
Author : the admin
Human beings can
get addicted to a lot of things ranging from drugs to backbiting. Here is a
list of some of the strange things to which human beings can get addicted.
Diagnosing someone
with this condition is a tricky business because researchers have yet to draw
the exact line between normal TV watching hours and that of an addict.It is
true that some people have a genuine addiction to watching television and these
people have trouble falling asleep or leading normal lives because they watch
so much TV!
14. Addiction To
Internet:
Someone can be
labelled with “Internet Addiction Disorder” when internet use is interfering
with her/his daily life. This disorder has been associated with playing video
games, online shopping, social media, adult content, and other types of
entertainment that can be found online. Hours after hours
spent online ruin internet addicts’ lives as time spent online can interfere
with work, school, and personal routine. Health and physical problems like
obesity, heart disease, atrophy, and repetitive stress injury are very common
among internet addicts because of spending days or weeks online at a time
without any real physical activity.
13. Addiction To
Ice Chewing:
Amazed? Yes
addiction to chewing the ice is real and for some people chewing ice has become
such a serious addiction that they have to seek treatment. There are various theories
about why people develop ice chewing addictions that range from sexual
frustration to an iron deficiency in their blood. Why to take this
addiction so seriously? Well it can interfere with jobs as well as social
lives, and it can lead to dental problems.
12. Addiction To
Lying:
Yes! its true that
there are some people out there who are addicted to lying. They can’t control telling
lies, even if they have nothing to gain from lying. There are three types of
lying addicts: chronic, pathological, and compulsive liars. They all lead to
serious problems ranging from disturbed relationships with family and friends
to jail time.
11. Addiction
To Eating Dirt (Pica):
People suffering
from pica, a psychological disorder, have compulsion to eat things without any
nutritional content. The items that are eaten by these addicts range from
earthy things like dirt, mud, and clay to more hazardous things like coins and
buttons. One of the major causes of pica is Anemia or iron deficiency. People
with pica can get seriously sick or die from either malnutrition or swallowing
dangerous items like nails and tacks.
10. Addiction To
Animal Hoarding:
You must have heard
of hoarders, but have you ever heard of animal hoarders? Animals hoarders
collect lots of animals usually in their homes and they often hoard inanimate
objects as well. Animal hoarders are often people who are not fit to care
for themselves, much less dozens of animals and they often live in crowded living
conditions that are equally unfit for both animals and humans.
9. Addiction To
modification In Body Structure:
Pain and the
aesthetics of body modifications like tattoos and piercings are very strong
addictions for some people who can sometimes render their faces and bodies
unrecognizable through body modifications in as little as a year. There is another
similar addiction known as plastic surgery addiction. These addicts will spend
a lot of money trying to ‘improve’ various parts of their bodies and when they
start running low on cash, they even go to shady, cheap, unlicensed doctors to
get their plastic surgery fix.
8. Addiction To
Shopping:
A shopping addict
is unable to hold onto any amount of money without spending it
wastefully. You might have questioned its existence while seeing the MTV
True Life on shopping addiction; yes, it is a real thing. In some extreme
cases shopping addicts are even left homeless because they are unable to pay
their rent. The things have become tougher for shopping addicts after the advent
of the internet, which puts everything at their fingertips.
7. Addiction To
Music:
How about winning
the right to receive disability because of addiction to music. Well a man has
won the right to receive disability in Sweden because of his addiction to heavy
metal music. He has been allowed by the courts to listen to his metal music
while at work and to take time off so that he can go see live heavy metal
concerts.
6. Addiction To
Video Game:
Falling for video
game addiction is very common especially among adolescents and teen-agers
because video games are designed and meant to be addictive and keep us
playing. But when your gaming habit interferes with your daily life, and
drives you to do harm to yourself or others, you should seek help because
hardcore video game addicts have been driven to murder, suicide, and death by
exhaustion.
5. Addiction To Reading:
Most of us wish
that we could read more than we actually do because reading is a great way to
spend some time, engaging our brain and helping us learn something in the
process but on the other hand reading can actually be a crippling
addiction for some people because of their constant desire to read. Reading provides an
escape from the outside world, and for reading addicts, this escape is too good
to let go of. Reading
addicts lose sleep at night and can even lose their job because they can’t stop
reading.
4. Addiction To
Social Media:
With the advent of social
media web sites like Facebook, Twitter, Tumbler etc. more and more people are
becoming addicted to these web sites. Social media addicts spend so much time
on these sites that it interferes with their sleep schedule and activities of
daily living including their job. When the social
media addicts cannot get access to their social media accounts for even just a
few hours they start feeling anxious or sometimes even physically ill.
3. Addiction To
Sex:
Strange? Isn’t it?
But its true, sexholics are out there looking for their prey. They can commit sexual
harassment, molestation, and even rape. People who have sex addiction often
feel the need to have sex or please themselves constantly. They are obsessed
with hooking up with large numbers of anonymous partners, which makes having
any kind of real relationship impossible.
2. Addiction To
Food:
You thought how
could somebody eat after they are full? Well there are people out there who can
eat themselves to death because they are addicted to food and cannot stop
themselves from overeating. Mechanism of food addiction is same as that of drug
addiction. It is an addiction to the pleasurable taste of the food, which is so
strong that it overshadows any fear of the consequences.
1. Addiction To
Gambling:
Normal people
usually don’t like to either take financial risks or go for economic
adventurism. However some people like to hit the casinos on vacation or play
the lottery from time to time, but for few others gambling is a serious
addiction. Some people lose their whole life savings and still can’t break the
habit. To handle this addiction there are support groups, just like those
of alcoholics because gambling addiction can lead to serious consequences like
theft, murder, and even suicide as the result of an unshakeable gambling habit.
If you can’t go a week without gambling, you might have a problem.
~Blog Admin~
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