Is There Such a Thing As An Addictive Personality?
Some online quizzes would have you believe the idea that certain people have a specific “personality type”. But is an “addictive personality” a real thing? Hosted by: Michael Aranda...
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Maybe you’ve heard a friend use it to explain why he still hasn’t quit smoking. Or someone said it at a party, as they bit into their seventeenth cheese-puff, or had their third glass of wine. “I just have an addictive personality.” We hear it all the time. But is an “addictive personality” a real thing? Despite what some online quizzes would have you believe, the idea that certain people have a specific “personality type” that wires them for addictive behavior is probably false. And the websites that claim to tell people if they have addictive personality /disorder/ are almost definitely wrong. That said, like just about everything in psychology, whether a certain person -- or a certain personality type -- can be prone to addiction is a s...
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Maybe you’ve heard a friend use it to explain why he still hasn’t quit smoking. Or someone said it at a party, as they bit into their seventeenth cheese-puff, or had their third glass of wine. “I just have an addictive personality.” We hear it all the time. But is an “addictive personality” a real thing? Despite what some online quizzes would have you believe, the idea that certain people have a specific “personality type” that wires them for addictive behavior is probably false. And the websites that claim to tell people if they have addictive personality /disorder/ are almost definitely wrong. That said, like just about everything in psychology, whether a certain person -- or a certain personality type -- can be prone to addiction is a s...
