Created by: marija.horvat
Number of Blossarys: 21
English (EN) An addiction to gambling, or compulsive gambling, is sometimes called a type of "impulse control disorder" where someone has trouble restraining themselves from acting on an inclination or ...
A video game or internet addiction should be treated in the same way as any other addiction. Gamers and compulsive web users are often trying to escape problems in their lives just as other addicts ...
Overeating is not just greed but a real and problematic eating disorder. It is also called compulsive eating or binge eating and normally means that the sufferer finds themselves going through ...
Shopping addiction, also called compulsive shopping and omniomania, is one of the most socially "acceptable" behavioral addictions in the world. Shopping is a normal part of life but it ...
Sex and love addiction, often referred to as SLA, can take a variety of forms. Sometimes addictions to sex and love are combined, and sometimes a person exhibits stronger symptoms of one than the ...
Addiction to various types of drugs is a form of what is called substance addiction. Substance dependency often involves a physical as well as psychological dependence on the addiction, meaning that ...
Alcohol becomes a problem when the costs of it outweigh any actual or perceived benefits. Drinking problems can very rapidly escalate into alcoholism, which is also called alcohol dependency ...
