7 Things You Might Be Addicted to That Aren’t Drugs
And they repel everyone around you like stink lines in a cartoon
Say the word “addiction,” and most people’s minds go immediately to drugs. Whether it’s something benign like caffeine or something incredibly dangerous like heroin, it’s usually a substance, or possibly an activity such as gambling that we think of. But there’s another addiction that, now more than ever, people don’t even realise they have.
I’m talking about behaviours.
There are a bunch of addictive behaviours and mindsets that can not only hold you back, but turn your life into a train wreck of failed relationships, missed opportunities, neuroticism and anger at everything around you. If any of these ring true, it might pay to start weaning yourself off.
1. Your need for validation
Instagram is pretty bad, but nowhere is people’s addiction to attention and validation more apparent than that platform of mental illness and narcissism we call TikTok. Full of the most cringeworthy content, it’s all in the name of trying to become “TikTok famous” and gaining views.
The constant need for people’s attention and validation keeps you from living a great life because all you’re trying to do is impress other…
