Reading Hearts | Why are we "addicted"?

Author:Guangdong Provincial Hospital Time:2022.08.25

Medical Guidance: Professor Li Yan

Can't let go of your mobile phone, continue to use video, can't finish desserts, drink without alcohol, stop cigarettes, can't buy things ... Do you have the "addiction" behavior?

The concept of "addiction" comes from drug dependence, or drug addiction. It shows the behavior and other reactions of compulsory continuous use of this drug to feel its spiritual effects, or to avoid uncomfortable due to the discomfort caused by drugs. The connotation of addiction now covers material (drug) addiction and behavioral addiction. The core feature of behavioral addiction is that patients clearly know that their behavior is harmful but cannot control itself, including online addiction, gambling addiction, shopping addiction, diet addiction, sexual addiction, video game addiction, tobacco and alcohol addiction and other behaviors Essence In today's society, behavioral addiction has more common and subtle influence on people's life.

How is "addiction" step by step?

This is related to the very important neurotransmitters in our body -dopamine. Dopamine is between neurons and transmits important neurological biological information and exerts biological effects. There are many functions in our body, where the most related to "addiction" is the "reward pathway".

For example, the "short video addiction" mentioned now. Short videos are a large number of videos that can be easily browsed in a short period of time. In the era of big data, the content can be very accurate in the video you like. These videos can increase dopamine in the body in a short time, stimulating the "rewarding path" of dopamine, and generate pleasure. The higher the dopamine level, the stronger the desire to "want". Dopamine can be said to promote the motivation of a certain "desire", and even let us imagine that the behavior can make us happy, or remember the pleasure brought by the video of the last time, until we brush the short videos again. As a result, a positive feedback was formed, let us "brush up."

When this desire starts to repeat, it is the beginning of "addiction". The threshold of people will continue to rise after generating pleasure. If you want to continue to obtain pleasure, you can only continue to strengthen the stimulus. Therefore, it was originally brushed a small video for a long time, and it may have to be brushed for a day, and even if you do n’t want to sleep, you have to brush it, so as to maintain the pleasure. Stopping will lack pleasure, and your mood is low. This is the process of "addiction".

So how to correctly manage our desire and reduce the formation of "addiction"?

01 Setting a small goal

Under the premise of not affecting normal life, moderate relaxation is reasonable. But excessive indulgence obtains pleasure, which will consume excessive consumption and affect health. The small goal set can be planned reasonably every day, and what time to arrange work and study, which can be brushed with small relaxation such as mobile phones or other entertainment; How many drinks can be ordered.

02 Cultivate my amateur interest, disperse attention

When life is full and busy, and there are more channels for gaining pleasure, we will fade the excessive dependence on the only way of pleasure. If you want to reduce the time of network use, you can try to enrich your real life. If you go outdoors on weekends and chat with friends in reality, you no longer just rely on network space to escape reality; you can also cultivate your own hobbies, increase the rest time, and make yourself a better state.

03 Correctly examine your needs

Many shopping madness, gamblers, etc. are because their desires far exceed their ability, leading to risks, seeking channels for quickly satisfying desires, after trying sweets, they can't control the adventure, and finally they are out of their homes. Correctly examine your desires and understand your ability, plan your life reasonably, and restrain excessive desire in order to better spend this life.

If your "addiction" behavior has seriously negatively affected your life and body, please go to a specialist in psychological sleep as soon as possible, and use the help of a professional team to help you break the "addiction" path.

Medical Guidance: Li Yan, Professor, PhD in Medicine, PhD instructor, Chief Chinese Medicine, and National Psychological Counselor. He is currently the director of psychological sleep specialty in Guangdong Province. Worked the title of talent talent in Guangdong Province, the title of young Chinese medicine medicine and Yangcheng good doctor in Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine. He is currently the chairman of the Sleep Psychological Professional Committee of the Guangdong and Western Medicine Society in Guangdong Province, deputy chairman of the Guangdong and Western Medicine Society of Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Society, and deputy chairman of the clinical medical and psychotherapy professional committee of the Guangdong Provincial Clinical Medicine Society.

Shi Cheng, Beijing Guang'an Men's famous Chinese medicine and Professor Xiaolin, Professor Zhang Xuewen of Shaanxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Professor Huang Huang of Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and Professor Li Fazhi of Henan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. In the process of clinical practice for many years, a traditional Chinese medicine theory guidance system mainly focused on the "typhoid fever and six classics", "spleen and stomach theory", especially good at using the theoretical guidance of the theory of "Treatise on Febrile Six Classics" and "Spleen and Stomach Theory". Seizure, sleep disorders, panic disorders, bipolar emotional disorders, schizophrenia and other mental and psychological sleep -related diseases.

I have received systematic psychological analysis, cognitive behavior therapy, family treatment, marriage therapy, family system arrangement, sand table treatment and other schools of psychotherapy. Various therapies and other therapy, disease involves various types of sleep disorders, depression, various neurosis, interpersonal difficulties, young emotional behavior disorders, abnormal marriage and family relationships, abnormal parent -child relationships, occupational adaptation difficulties and other kinds of psychological obstacles Essence Diagnosis time: Monday and Third morning (Psychological Sleeping Department of the Outpatient Clinic of Dade Road General Hospital of Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine), and on Thursday morning (the special clinic for the fifth floor of the West District of Dade Road General Hospital of Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine).

Brief introduction

The Psychological Sleeping Specialty of Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine was established in 2005. Since its 14 years, it has developed rapidly. The specialist currently has 9 clinicians and 3 psychotherapists. The annual outpatient number of more than 30,000, the treatment rate of pure Chinese medicine is close to 95%, and the effective rate is more than 80%.

Psychological sleep specialties involve various types of sleep disorders, mental disorders, psychological disorders, and some incurable diseases. And adjust poor interpersonal relationships, abnormal parent -child relationships, learning impairment, adolescent adaptation disorder, and abnormal marriage relationships.

The clinical diagnosis and treatment process of the department attaches importance to physical treatment and psychological treatment. According to individual needs, the treatment plan is highly individualized. There are selective combination of traditional Chinese medicine soup agents, acupuncture, psychotherapy, physical therapy. Carry out special therapy such as personal psychotherapy, group psychological treatment, sleep cognitive behavior treatment, hypnosis therapy, sand table treatment, acupuncture, and other special therapies. The clinical effects are significant and the characteristics of traditional Chinese medicine are prominent.

Supply: Xu Shiqing and Zheng Liming, psychological sleep specialties in Guangdong Province