[FRIAM] Addiction and depression

[Frank Wimberly]

A connection:  people who may be addicted to coffee are often
self-medicating for depression.

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Frank C. Wimberly
140 Calle Ojo Feliz,
Santa Fe, NM 87505

505 670-9918
Santa Fe, NM

On Sat, Jun 15, 2024, 8:22 AM Jochen Fromm <jofr at cas-group.net> wrote:

> I was reading a book about addictions (Addictions - A Social Psychological
> Perspective edited by Catalina E. Kopetz and Carl W. Lejuez, Routledge,
> 2015) and was wondering if addiction and depression are two extremes on the
> same spectrum. Addiction is in a sense the opposite of depression: we feel
> either forced to do something or compelled to do nothing. We either can not
> stop doing something or can not do anything at all.
>
> Rock stars and rich people or their kids often suffer from drug addiction
> to alcohol or cocaine or other drugs, while ordinary people are more
> affected from junk food and porn. Junk food is to supper time what porn is
> to pairing time. They hijack the ancient mechanisms which ensure that we
> maintain our bodies (by ingesting food) and maintain our species (by having
> sex). The reward system in our brains is triggered without providing the
> benefits the rewards were meant to guarantee.
>
> What do you think, could you say that addiction and depression are two
> related phenomena where inbuilt reward mechanism go awry?
>
> -J.
>
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