Soft Addictions: What’s Your Dirty Little Indulgence?
Email, Coffee, TV, Procrastination, DVR, Facebook, Shopping (online and otherwise), Working Out, and listening to music can all be soft addictions. Basically anything done in excess is a soft addiction. Considered different from “big” addictions like drugs or alcohol, these seemingly harmless habits can wreack havoc on your life.
Apparently, over 90% of people admit to having soft addictions, according to soft addiction self-help guru Judith Wright. In an article found on WebMD, Nadine Kaslow, PhD professor of psychology and behavioral sciences at Emory University in Atlanta, says that you have to ask yourself, “how excessive is the behavior?” She stated that diversions have a place in our lives as a way to de-stress, and cope. However, when those diversions start taking over your life, for instance when you can’t bear to start your day without your Starbucks coffee, that’s when the red flags should be going up. Or when you mindlessly watch Letterman from your bed at night instead of interacting with your spouse or sleeping, then you may have a problem.
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