What are the roots and treatment of all addictions? (Food, Telegram, Love, TV, Alcohol, Internet, Games, Shopping, Thinking, Judging, Cigarettes, Work, Gambling, etc.)
In this article, we are going to examine the main cause of all addictions. Note that what we are writing in this article is useful for everyone. Don’t think that it’s just for people with severe addictions, such as drug addiction. Today, all human beings, based on their lifestyle, are addicted to something, and the only difference between them is the number of these addictions and their severity. When you look at all of these addictions, you’ll see that they’re all going back to the same root, and we’re going to look at that in this article to get a deeper understanding of it.
First of all, we need to ask the question, how do we know we are addicted?
We answer this question with a very simple test of gay Hendricks:
If you stop doing something you suspect is addictive for a week, and you start to want it in your body, you’re addicted to it.
If you do this test, you will soon realize that we are all addicted to many things. In modern society, the majority of people have at least ten addictions. Common addictions include:
- Drugs 2. Food 3. Sexual issues 4. Tobacco 5. Alcohol 6. Television 7. Internet 8. Games 9. Social networks or social interactions with others 10. Buying 11. Work 11. gossip 12. Thinking (Yes, you heard it right! Thinking, many people today have a strong addiction to thinking) 13. Addiction to a love relationship 14. Sleep (!) 15. Reading and so on…
But what is the root of all these addictions?
it’s simple! But think about it.
Fear of emptying. Inability to stay alone. Being unhappy with yourself. There is a need for an external factor that distracts us.
In fact, if you sit alone in a room, you’ll find that you can’t be alone for even 15 minutes, and you’re in a bad mood. And not all addictions are anything but distractions. Many people have addictions such as eating so much food, chocolate, ice cream or going to restaurants, and so on.
At this moment, it is enough to sit and watch the feelings and situations that arise carefully. only this! What you haven’t done yet…
It’s a good idea to sit back and relax when you need to and watch the feelings that begin inside you. When you experience the feeling of thirst to reach it, a strong mental, cerebral and physical desire begins in you, and at that moment just watch this situation, wait and experience all these feelings like an outside observer and be a spectator.
Any addiction you have has only one root. And that means you can’t sit still and do nothing. You are not happy with yourself from within. That’s why you run away from loneliness with things like shopping, food, cigarettes, love, and so on. It is very important to practice and learn to sit in one place and be alone and do nothing.
The higher your mental capacity, the higher your ability to sit alone and in an empty room is (without any external stimuli). In fact, the degree of happiness in your life depends directly on your ability to stay alone and distance yourself from any external stimuli (with a good feeling). A perfect character does not need anything external to be calm and happy.
Test now
Sit in a room for a quarter of an hour and do nothing! what will happen? Can you do that? Or are you constantly thinking about a love relationship or food or anything else?
You don’t need any external factors to be calm and happy. This external factor, for some people, is another human being (love) or things like Telegram, TV, shopping, chocolate, food, and so on.
You are Dependent to external factors
If this is your life right now, you need to know that you are completely empty inside and you need to work on yourself. Right now, you’re just trying to distract yourself with external stimuli and escape reality. Although this can make you happy in the short term, you will eventually experience bad feelings in the long term.
You are constantly experiencing a feeling of inner emptiness, and with the help of external factors, you are trying to distract yourself and escape from reality. You should have no problem with being empty and doing nothing. Fear of being empty and doing nothing keeps you constantly dependent on an external factor.
Result
We will discuss different methods from different perspectives for the treatment of addictions, but you should know that the main reason and the basic and deep treatment of all addictions are that you can be alone and happy without the need for any external factors. You need to learn to gradually distance yourself from any external factors and be happy without the need for anything and feel that this requires an increase in your level of psychological knowledge and the beginning of your inner growth. Then you can get rid of any addiction and also enjoy life more. Imagine being at the height of your happiness without the need for any external factors. At this level of needlessness, with the addition of a pleasurable external factor, how many times will you feel better?
We recommend the article “How do I control my emotions? How do I control stress? ” Be sure to read.
