Understanding Emotional Addiction
Explore how chaotic, unpredictable, or unsafe environments can lead to emotional addiction. Learn why connection with family members can happen through crisis, drama, and fear of abandonment.
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Dr. Nicole LePera
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Emotional addiction is when we're addicted to the highs and lows of cortisol and adrenaline within our body: pic.twitter.com/pbNldRiqq4
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When we're raised in chaotic, unpredictable, or unsafe environments: the body becomes dependent on emotions like fear, shame, and chronic stress.
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Unconsciously, we need "hits" of strong emotions to feel alive or like ourselves. Even if these experiences and emotions bring us suffering.
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This is why crisis makes many people feel 'good' or needed. It's a distraction from deeper unresolved feelings and a way to connect with people on a surface level.
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In childhood, connection with family members happened through crisis, drama, and fear of abandonment, we seek adult relationships and careers that mimic these same emotional patterns.
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If you were raised with cycles of emotional addiction, stable relationships or secure people can feel "boring" or unappealing.
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Instead our subconscious mind seeks "excitement" or unpredictable people and situations. And our nervous system is in a chronic state of fight or flight.
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To heal, we have to remove ourselves from activating, addictive, high stress relationships and situations. We have to teach our body how to adjust and feel safe in stability.
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It takes time, rest, and commitment for peace and stillness to actually feel good.
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Are you working on healing emotional addiction patterns? Share in the comments...
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