{"id":3364,"date":"2025-07-21T14:08:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T14:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prionline.nl\/home\/addiction\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T14:48:27","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T14:48:27","slug":"addiction","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/prionline.nl\/en\/home\/addiction\/","title":{"rendered":"Addiction"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Past Reality Integration <\/h1><\/div><\/div>\n\n

Addiction<\/h1><\/div><\/div>\n\n

You can become addicted to anything: alcohol, drugs, (not) eating, gaming, sports, watching TV\u2026 What initially feels good grows into something you can no longer do without and that dominates your daily life.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Types of addiction <\/h2><\/div><\/div>\n\n

There are two types of addictions:<\/p>\n

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  • to substances (such as sugar, fat, alcohol, medicines and drugs)<\/li>\n
  • to behavior (such as buying, working, sex, porn, social media, telephone, watching TV, gambling and gaming addiction).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    An addiction often starts with occasionally taking or doing something that makes you feel good right away. But then, imperceptibly, you need a 'shot' sooner and sooner, and also a larger amount or longer duration. <\/p>\n

    In extreme cases, it can happen that you are focused on your addiction all day long. You can no longer function normally and even lose your job, friends and family because of it. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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    Why do you become addicted<\/h2><\/div><\/div>\n\n

    An addiction helps you not to feel bad feelings. It is a survival mechanism that dampens negative emotions such as fear, anger, insecurity, stress, loneliness and gloom. <\/p>\n

    From PRI's perspective, we know that even deeper pain lies beneath these kinds of emotions. Painful experiences from our childhood that we could not process and that still unconsciously influence our everyday lives. <\/p>\n

    Moreover, the addiction makes you believe that you can still get what you needed as a child by giving in to your addiction. Because suppressing your bad feelings feels good, and the idea that you can get what you need too, it is so difficult to stop your addictive behavior. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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