A short YouTube talk (Amber Hollingsworth) describing the psychological mechanics of addiction. The speaker frames addiction as a “trap” produced by a three-component ‘‘trifecta’’: intense wanting, distress/withdrawal when deprived, and impaired judgment (reduced capacity for long-term, critical decision-making).
Your ability to think critically, to weigh pros and cons, to decide, you know, what's going to happen in the long run. Do I really want this? To think through the situation in a smart way is very much compromised. Now you got this three component trifecta. You really want it, you feel terrible without it, and the volume of your judgment center is turned down so low you can't think otherwise. This is the trap of addiction.
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