8 Oct
2021
8 Oct
'21
11:20 a.m.
On 10/8/21 17:07, cosmo wrote:
A psychologist would probably describe this as "self soothing behavior"
An addiction specialist would identify it as illicit drug substitution : https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7370931/
Which they probably will, but it won't be labeled as dangerous or leading to immediate mental harm. And as such, will fly under the radar as an addiction that needs to be managed in the same way we manage opioid addiction, heroine addiction, sex addiction, alcohol addiction, nicotine addiction, e.t.c. All the stuff we have anonymous groups and sponsors for. Mark.