Many people who are not addicts suffer from an addictive personality. An addictive personality describes someone who has a high vulnerability to participate in a behavior they may, or may not, consciously know is wrong for them. These are often called bad habits or negative behavioral patterns. The most common ones are:
• Relationships: Creating negative patterns in our personal relationships can include drama, abuse, dominance, submissiveness, passive-aggressiveness to name a few.
• Drinking, drugs, smoking, sex, over-eating, thrill seeking and other behaviors that are done to excess. This type of addictive behavior can become very destructive. This type of personality has a “need” to do everything to excess. Subconsciously, they feel that if a little of something is good; then more is better. Limitations become clouded and behavior goes out of control.
• Laziness, lethargy, over-sleeping, avoiding responsibilities. This type of behavior is a subconscious attempt at avoidance and denial. A lack of motivation sets in and life spirals downwards rather than up.
• Self-Sabotage: One of the most common types of addictive behavior. There are countless ways we can sabotage our personal and professional opportunities in life and have no conscious clue that we have even done so. There are literally thousands of subtle traits we have that can make or break us. These traits are deeply subconscious and usually go undetected and can be near impossible to correct on our own.
The causes for addictive personality are many. Without proper evaluation, it is difficult to understand the cause, making solutions unattainable. The root of addictive personality must be addressed and this always lies in the subconscious regions of the mind. Conventional therapy deals almost exclusively with the conscious areas. While proper conscious understanding is important, it does little to alleviate the problem: knowing we have a problem has never yielded a working solution for change. If only it were that simple!
The best method is consultation with a professional who understands the workings of the mind on how to bring about practical changes in behavior to defeat the cause and the symptoms related to addictive personality. An addictive personality can limit your ability to have a satisfying and fulfilling life-experience, yet it is easy to correct and 85 percent of those who seek help are completely successful. If you feel this problem may be holding you, or someone you love, back then contact someone who can help today.
Scott Spackey is a California Registered Addiction Specialist, Interventionist and Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist who works in the SCV with all ages. For more information, please call 661-299-1966 or email Scott@Life-Mind.com .