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Rethinking Addiction

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Rethinking Addiction
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RE: Rethinking Addiction
September 4, 2015 at 1:46 pm
I'm really glad FNM put this up. Thanks.

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RE: Rethinking Addiction
September 4, 2015 at 2:14 pm
No problem. Smile
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RE: Rethinking Addiction
September 4, 2015 at 5:02 pm
I'm also glad. We may have had more participation if outing yourself as an addict (current or former) did not have so much negative stigma associated with it.
Being told you're delusional does not necessarily mean you're mental. 
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RE: Rethinking Addiction
September 4, 2015 at 5:41 pm
(September 4, 2015 at 9:51 am)Faith No More Wrote:
(September 4, 2015 at 4:10 am)Parkers Tan Wrote: "One of the loneliest societies that have ever been". Spot on.

The thing is, by replacing real, face-to-face relationships with superficial interactions on the internet, we're causing real changes to our brains chemically.  What's worse is children with developing brains are going to grow up with these superficial interactions, and that is going to mean than their adult brains are going to have developed with lower neurotransmitter levels during the key periods of brain development.  That's sure to make a serious difference in the level mental disorders we're going to see when today's children are grown up.

Adding to this particular problem are the overprotective parents that are keeping may playgrounds empty most of the day. The kids can only come out and actually interact with other kids on the odd evening that their lazy, overprotective and quite frankly frightened parent can be bothered to take them. We live at a time where bodily violence is at an all time low but most parents are fucking convinced that if they let little Johnny out of their sight for more than 30 seconds that they're going to wind up crying for the camera on the six o'clock news over their missing or murdered kid.
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RE: Rethinking Addiction
September 4, 2015 at 5:43 pm
(September 4, 2015 at 5:02 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: I'm also glad. We may have had more participation if outing yourself as an addict (current or former) did not have so much negative stigma associated with it.

Any of the locals here find me talking to them on  the topic, they'd better the hell view that as a VERY bad sign indeed.

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