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☆ Psychologist: 3 signs you have an addictive personality—and how to curb those tendencies
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-20 | by ( Aditi Shrikant | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Those with "addictive personalities" were assumed to be people who heavily relied on drugs or alcohol. In the TikTok-era, having an addictive personality has taken on a new meaning. But, psychologists believe that when a person's repeated behaviors interrupt their daily functions, it is worth examining how to curb those impulses. Someone with an addictive personality "requires immediate gratification," says Detroit-based psychologist Michele Leno. Here are three key indicators that you or someone you know might have an addictive personality.

Persons: addictivepersonality, Michele Leno, aren't Locations: Detroit

☆ Does Your Ex or Former Friend Haunt You? You Could Try Exorcism for Closure.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Shivani Dubey | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Closure is a spectrum, and “modern exorcism methods tend to place less emphasis on external factors and more on internal healing,” Ms. Alderson said. Kimberly Anderson, a relationship coach in Paris, had a client his year who used ax throwing in batting cages to help move on. “She actually visualized her ex as the target, which definitely helped her with her aim in hitting the target,” Ms. Anderson said. But is closure really that necessary, or does a culture of love bombing and then ghosting render it obsolete? “Lack of closure can leave us wondering what went wrong, and if we could have salvaged the relationship,” said Michele Leno, a psychologist in Detroit.

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☆ Feel anxious when you don't have your cell phone? You may have 'nomophobia'—how to spot the signs
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-02 | by ( Renée Onque | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Symptoms of nomophobia mirror those of an addiction or other anxiety disorders and can include:"Nomophobes are those who exhibit an addiction to their mobile phone," research published in BMC Psychiatry in July states. Nomophobia , short for "no mobile phone phobia," is a term used to describe the anxiety a person experiences when they don't have access to their mobile phone. Teenagers are the most affected by nomophobia, according to research published in BMC Psychiatry, but any age group can struggle with it. Additionally, "being distracted all of the time is very unhealthy for relationships," Leno notes. "We're sacrificing the happiness and potential health of [those] relationships because we care more about the phone."

Persons: Michele Leno, Michele, Leno, Blair Steel Organizations: BMC Psychiatry, CNBC

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