Anyone else get easily addicted to anything that makes them feel good?

[issyishere]

Exactly what the title says. I've always had this problem where I abuse anything that makes me feel good. Food, exercise, any drug I could get my hands on, not alcohol surprisingly because I didn't dig the hangovers. I don't even abuse things because they make me happy I just do it because it makes the sadness go away for a little bit.

 

[Brick In The Wall]

I have an incredibly addictive personality. I've spent years battling these demons and have barely been able to break free of them. But now I wonder if it was worth breaking away from them in the first place. They were a good cope and as you say they kinda make the sadness go away.

 

[Wreck-it-Riley]

I have always been able to say no to heavy drugs, but i get addicted to videogames, weed is a strong addiction, and food. OMG food.

 

[BobbyPellitt]

Yep. Anything to distract me from real life as long as it's easy to get.

 

[Fragile]

yea, every single substance or activity that gives me anything other than pain i ended up abusing.

sucks because i know that i'm just escaping from my shitty reality, but there is nothing else to soothe this suffering. and then the horrible whitdrawals or side effects just kick me while i'm down.

 

[BPD_LE]

Alcohol, drugs, cigarettes, self harm, food, spending money and even people. Yes I get addicted to people.

 

[Wreck-it-Riley]

Alcohol, drugs, cigarettes, self harm, food, spending money and even people. Yes I get addicted to people.

The BPD favorite person thing is horrible. If i dont hear from him every 30 mins i lose my mind, it really feels like an addiction.

 

[BPD_LE]

The BPD favorite person thing is horrible. If i dont hear from him every 30 mins i lose my mind, it really feels like an addiction.

Yep, I hear you ❤

 

[CrushedHopes]

I'm addicted to anime and games. Which is exactly why I don't have the will to live anymore because I could no longer contribute to those mediums.

 

[TrailerTrash]

I'll take anything I can get ..... just to numb the pain for awhile.

 

[woxihuanni]

My spineless ex is addicted to a cult/religion. I'm addicted to creating stuff. I hope they get trapped in a building and burn with every meatbag they flirt with, all of them clinging to one another and screaming as their flesh fuses. Maybe their frantic self-avoidance and shallow thrill-seeking will be over then.

 

[darkerthanblack]

I am seriously addicted to porn, I can't sleep if I don't watch at least two hours of porn, sometimes I just watch it without touching myself, it has become a part of me, I would fight for it, also cigarettes a lot of cigarettes, I think everyone is addicted to something that's how human beings cope with their reality, but it takes many forms, the only difference is that some addictions are approved by social norms, some are not.

 

[WhiteDespair]

My spineless ex is addicted to a cult/religion. I'm addicted to creating stuff. I hope they get trapped in a building and burn with every meatbag they flirt with, all of them clinging to one another and screaming as their flesh fuses. Maybe their frantic self-avoidance and shallow thrill-seeking will be over then.

That's almost as extreme as me, for vindication purposes anyway.

Yep. Realized the idea was to get out of reality. Melatonin is a lot less expensive. A lot of get really hyped and interested in something -> do it non-stop for 2 weeks to 2 months

 

[woxihuanni]

That's almost as extreme as me, for vindication purposes anyway.

Yep. Realized the idea was to get out of reality. Melatonin is a lot less expensive. A lot of get really hyped and interested in something -> do it non-stop for 2 weeks to 2 months

Yeah with me, I can go at something for a long while, but then I notice what I was trying to get out of it and stop. They don't know how to stop or create any sort of bridge with reality, a life wasted for 15-16 years. Indeed, a life wasted for 25 years.

 

[SuicidalSymphonies]

I'm just addicted to beating myself up... That's about it. I smoke dope but was never addicted. If it disappeared, I'd be fine.

 

[Numbtopain97]

I'm addicted to this forum.

 

[burnedCookie]

I'm addicted to Codeine. I feel so good when I'm under this shit. It's like nothing matters anymore for some hours, even depression seems to have never existed. But it's so addictive, you have to be extremely strong minded and respect religiously the time between the doses if you want to be able to handle this in the long run. It's been 3 years for me and I'm ok, it's my little reward from time to time, and thanks to that I became a dark net expert.

 

[Deleted member 1465]

Booze. Spent around thirty years drunk mist of the time. I think I enjoyed myself but I'm not sure I can remember. That episode with Mr Blobby was particularly disturbing. Paying the price now though.

 

[FTL.Wanderer]

Yes, yes, and YES! It's how I became a sugar-holic. As a kid, I was beaten bloody every day before, during, and after school. By the time I was eight I was stealing candy because while the sugar was in my mouth, I felt a tiny bit better. By the time I got to college, I was a full-blown addict. No, it's not healthy. But it's FAR more effective at numbing some of the pain than everything else combined the professionals have offered--including pharmaceuticals, behavioral and cognitive therapies, commitments, and high-voltage bilateral ECT. If the professional therapies were accessible and worked, statistically, (1) people would choose those therapies over their own poisons, and (2) suicide rates wouldn't still be climbing.

Mental health: the non-science that fails even to reverse the so-called disease rates it purports to offer effective interventions for.

 

[Woodnote]

Yes. I become addicted to things very easily. I latch onto anything that makes me feel good and won't let go. I stayed away from drugs, alcohol, and cigarettes because of that. I knew I'd abuse them. But then I started drinking this year. I feel ashamed of myself but I became desperate for anything that would numb my pain.

 

[Soulless_Angel]

Rum, Roblox and self harming!
In that order too.....

 

[Kodama]

The problem is... Almost nothing makes me feel good now

 

[Lethe]

Sleeping, chatting on SS and Discord. Nothing super detrimental.

 

[metalchic_74]

Definitely cigarettes

 

[Misanthrope]

I have got addicted to video games I think. They help me out run awareness of sickness and they have come such a long way now it is easy to be immersed and find enjoyment there. Then suddenly it is 3am. It has though resulted in me buying lots of them, Steam though makes that easy with the constant sales tempting me with magical worlds that have more consistent logic and saifaction within them than this one. Even if it does involve shooting dragons out the sky with spirit arrows. I can't get enough though, probably because I can't stand being aware of my own reality and this is a means to escape it for a while usually for the price of a coffee.

 

[CrushedHopes]

I am seriously addicted to porn, I can't sleep if I don't watch at least two hours of porn, sometimes I just watch it without touching myself, it has become a part of me, I would fight for it, also cigarettes a lot of cigarettes, I think everyone is addicted to something that's how human beings cope with their reality, but it takes many forms, the only difference is that some addictions are approved by social norms, some are not.

lmao

I'm very horny as well, but I have self-control. I could waste the rest of my life away with hentai, but that's so dry - I used to do more than just *that*. I had a lot of meaningful activities to attend to online. Reminiscing the colorful past just makes me wanna off myself that much sooner.

 

[falconeyes]

Surfing the web, i could spend days on my chair doing this w/o a moment of boredom.

 

[CrushedHopes]

Surfing the web, i could spend days on my chair doing this w/o a moment of boredom.

I love surfing the web if there's people to interact and laugh with when we find silly stuff and cringe at them. Man, those were the days..... now, I don't even have those friends anymore. SS is all I have left.

Every day is a chore to go through and watching anime/playing games don't feel fun nor entertaining anymore. I've had a (mostly) great life, and I've wasted it. I could have preserved that life if I had only been more careful and not so fucking stupid. Oh well.... Time to end it soon.......

 

[hobbydevil]

Yup, I am very obsessive and lose myself completely in whatever has drawn my attention.
Strangely enough, at the moment I feel addicted to talking to my therapist :') she's too nice to me.

 

[azucaramargo]

Exactly what the title says. I've always had this problem where I abuse anything that makes me feel good. Food, exercise, any drug I could get my hands on, not alcohol surprisingly because I didn't dig the hangovers. I don't even abuse things because they make me happy I just do it because it makes the sadness go away for a little bit.

Yessssssssssssssssssss! I indulge myself so much. I'm in the poor house because of my inability to belt tighten, or deny myself comfort or luxury.