Posted by Rosa on August 26, 2001, at 6:40:31
In reply to Re: Other Addictions?, posted by Pennie Lane on August 25, 2001, at 23:20:57
You may be right! Excellent response.
Relationship addictions can be a challenge especially if they are of a sexual nature. The challenge is to know when to "let go" of the relationship. Abandonment and rejection issues are difficult for most of us.
Rosa
> Rosa wrote:
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> In an article by Dr. Grohol < www.grohol.com > he said:
> "A reward deficit syndrome can express as substance addiction, addictive relationship behaviors, communication addictions and addictions to electronic activity. But electronic addictions can include also television, recorded music and electronic gaming as well as Internet addiction."
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> I don’t think Dr. Grohol wrote those words, but I think the author would take it as a compliment that the prose was attributed to an actual doctor. I think the excerpt is from an essay posted to the International Mental Health On-line general Yahoo group (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ismho-general/message/1361 )
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