Re:Addicted to Distraction
by such_a_casual on Sunday November 29, 2015 @12:09PM
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Couldn't you say the same about a lot of "drug addiction" as well?
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Drug addiction has a strong chemical dependence compoment, but I wouldn't be surprised if depression was what led people to get addicted in the first place.
The Rat Park studies strongly suggest that this is true. Rats studied in conditions where they have every reason to be happy did not suffer from drug addiction, even when drugs were made available to them. Rats kept in cages isolated from each other (rats are very social creatures) became seriously addicted.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat_Park
http://www.brucekalexander.com/articles-speeches/rat-park/14...