Can addiction be caused by depression?
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Leading cause of addition is due to depression. You get down or depressed and you need to vent it somewhere. So you use a crutch of addiction whether it is alcohol or gambling. It is self injurious behaviour and you are doing it to yourself and trying to give yourself a reason to be depressed.
Ask your doctor for a referral so you can get treatment that will help both.
How can I overcome my fear of flying? PLEASE HELP!?
It can make you more prone to addiction.
yes
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Yes, it usually is a precursor.
yes
9 year outdated daughter focus to much or not at adjectives?
Yes; addiction can be a way of trying to compensate for depression.
did this happen to any of you that have smoked pot?
Yes. Many depressed people use drugs and alcohol to self medicate. I hope you aren't doing this.
absolutely....people become addicted to drugs, food, alcohol...to hide from the "pain" they are feeling. When you are in a depressed state...you look for other things to cope with it...which can result in an addiction. you need to find out what's causing the depression...to move on with your life and it only then will it be easier to stop the addiction.
pleas help what do you do to relieve stress?
Partially . Yes.
What is the diffence between gloominess and deppression?
I believe so, because you are trying to mask the pain, trying to do something to make you feel better.
I am an LCSW in Chicago. What do I need to do to get into private practice?
absolutly. i know i have addiction from my deppresion and i'm 13. it's started becoming noticable to me after a while. it can take a year or two to get over deppresion depending who u r and ur personality. don't worry, just lay back and relax and let the world pass by. when u get stressed just htink about the situation u r in and just get it over with. RELAX! u have all the time in the world. and if u don't take a deep breath and close ur eyes for a minute or however long it takes u to relax.
i want to how to we control over mind. doing for yoga?
In an indirect way, possibly. Everyone is prone to addiction, as justanother said above, and so to blame depression for the addiction is not a "cause and effect" kinda thing, but one can find oneself addicted to a chemical or behavior because they reached out to it while they were depressed, and that chemical or behavior may have innate addictive qualities, and then that individual becomes addicted subsequent to their use of that chemical or behavior during their depression. That's often called "self-medicating" and can cause problems, BUT, in my 20+ years as a mental health professional, now retired, I've never read or heard of a direct "cause and effect" relationship between depression and addiction, although, if you argue your case loud and long enough, you might get someone else to agree with you, even thought the "cause and effect" relationship between depression and addiction has not and may not for a while be written up in the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM), where all psychiatric, psycological, mental health diagnoses come from. God Bless you.
Mind racing, can't sleep... How can I shut down my brain at night?
Absolutely Yes. Depression is really Anger turned inward. When you are depressed your brain calls out for action, and usually this is the reward system in the brain. Low serotonin levels and Dopamine will inate any human being to grab something to make them better. This is some sort of mind altering drug wich anfortuanatly works, only for a while, then its turns into a ping pong ball attack.up ---down and so on. they have researched that using controlled opioids in lexington kentucky has helped and even reversed the depression for a long time. the only problem is your question and that is YES.
My sister says 2 friends have told her that her husband has flashed at them. Is he dangerous?
YES , PLUS LOW SELF ESTEEM
who suffers more from abuse men or women with disabilities?
Yes. Many times people with depression and other mood disorders may self-medicate with drugs and/or alcohol. After a period of time they become addicted to the substance.
ABSOLUTELY!!! Depression is one of the number one causes behind addiction. Depression is lack of seratonin or dopamine being released in your system. drugs, sex, gambling - addictions -tend to give our bodies that extra blast we think we need causing our brain to become dependent on that particular boost. The linkbetween depression and addiction is so severe, that a decent psychiatrist should never prescribe a persons regiment until they have a minimum of thirty to sixty days away from their chosen addiction. In severe cases, it can take up to six months to get an accurate reading.
How do you cure/treat this WORST narcolepsy?
Yes. I quit smoking a long time ago. Then I got stressed which lead to a depression and i lit up again. Now I am getting rid of the stress, and depression, but am still smoking.
I feel I have two options: Drop out of college or commit suicide?
Vice versa. If you are addicted or depressed seek professional help. If you do drugs because you are depressed, you will only be more depressed in the long run. After coming down from being high, your energy level drops and your attitude towards other people plummets. Drugs make you more than two times as likely to commit suicide. Remember: you only get one life. Don't throw away the best gift you have ever gotten.
how do i get my self image insecurities back to normal?
sometimes it can what r u addicted to?? Sum addictions r drugs, beer, also sex.
When I Was Little I Was Molested By My Older Brother... What Should I Do? Should I Tell Someone?
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