Tag: Addictions

4 Hidden Behavioral Addictions That Might Be Holding You Back

They’re often behaviors and habits that erode your potential. While some addictions are overt and easy to spot, others are subtle and deep-rooted. These can be even more dangerous, as they often camouflage as normal behaviors. Journaling every day for over five years unearthed ...

Rats May Have Just Shown us How To Break Addictions

Addictions have always been associated with the drug or behavior itself, however, rats may have just shown us that this isn’t true. In traditional studies on addiction, rats were placed in isolated cages with two water bottles- one containing plain water and the other laced with a drug like...

Concert addictions are a real thing

Hi. My name is Caroline and I’m addicted to concerts. I’ll never forget my first concert. It was a Destiny’s Child concert at the Air Canada Centre and I attended with my best friend at the time. It was beyond anything I could imagine and more. The connection with their music felt ...

5 Normalized Addictions That are Worse Than Most Drugs

Addictions don’t mean you’re a junkie selling twenty minutes of butthole action for half a gram of crack. It means you’re doing something you know isn’t good for you but can’t stop. Cigarettes. Junk food. TikTok videos. Running back to your toxic ex. Society has normali...