If someone does not like the way they feel, anything that changes the way they feel has the capacity to get them addicted to it. This is because they like how it makes them feel, but when they stop doing it the old negative feeling starts to come back – so they crave more. In addition, anything that can act as a distraction can become an addiction if there are some inner wounds – a trauma. It can be so overwhelmingly painful the person will try to keep it from hurting so much by pushing it down in some way. Also, the things that people get addicted to all cause some sort of high. This could be ..read more

In the past couple of decades, there has been an immense sweeping change across the world. It is a technological revolution that started in 1989 when computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web while working in Switzerland. Since then, the use of – and utter reliance on – the internet has exploded. For instance, in 1990 less than one percent of the US population used the internet; now it is more than 90 percent. Social media use within that time, encouraged by major advances in cell phones and other devices, has also boomed. Most people who have ever used the internet or soc ..read more