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Addictive Thinking

Sara Russo

Xavier University of Louisiana

What is it?

What is addictive thinking?

No definition, but is best described as an accumulation of things.

Distored thinking

Negative Outlook

Ingredients

Neuroplasticity

Addicted thinking is :

A combination of

Compulsion

Resistence to change

Chemical

Dependence

Cumplusion

Distorted thinking & Resistence to change

The cycle of addictive thinking:

The Cycle

It feeds & reinforces itself

Neuroplasticity

What does it look like in real life?

What does it look like?

An example:

Loneliness

Autonomic thoughts:

Guilt

The response or thought that readily pops into your head. They can have heavy effects on the emotions of those who put weight into them.

Autonomic Thoughts

Thoughts and feelings are closely linked to behavior. For example, if you

think “I am a loser,” (thought) you might feel hopeless (feeling), and you

might give up (behavior). Or if you think you are in danger, you might feel

anxious or worried and might not leave your house.

Mayo Clinic 2007

Examples 1

Errored Thinking

Thinking Errors

Example 2

Your thoughts are not always correct, accurate or helpful. Errors in thinking are common if you are addicted to alcohol or other substances. Although some automatic thoughts are true, many are either untrue or have just a grain of truth.

Example 3

Mayo Clinic 2007

What can we do?

What can we do?

What the research & Sara says!

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Interventions

Psychoeductation

Interventions:

Mindfullness

Thought Interrupting & Replacing

Coping Skills

Willpower

Recommedations:

Therapy

Is it really that simple?

Reality

Practice

Patience & Grace

NO. But it is effective.

Hard things are still worth doing.

Key Terms

Resources

Interventions

Growth

Look to your handout:

Research

WOOOHOOO!

Reference

Vu, Michael Ronald; Shum, Kathy Kar-man. (2019). The Moderating Effect of Mindfulness on the Mediated Relation Between Critical Thinking and Psychological Distress via Cognitive Distortions Among Adolescents

Frontiers in Psychology, Vol. 10.

Malow. (1989). Restructuring Addictive Thinking. Contemporary Psychology, 34(11), 996–997. https://doi.org/10.1037/030725

Maruna, S., & Mann, R. E. (2006). A fundamental attribution error? Rethinking cognitive distortions. Legal and Criminological Psychology, 11(2), 155–177. https://doi.org/10.1348/135532506X114608

Nurgul Yesilyaprak, Sedat Batmaz, Mesut Yildiz, Emrah Songur & Esma Akpinar Aslan (2019) Automatic thoughts, cognitive distortions, dysfunctional attitudes, core beliefs, and ruminative response styles in unipolar major depressive disorder and bipolar disorder: a comparative study, Psychiatry and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 29:4, 854-863, DOI: 10.1080/24750573.2019.1690815

Özparlak, & Karakaya, D. (2022). The associations of cognitive distortions with internet addiction and internet activities in adolescents: A cross‐sectional study. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing., 35(4), 322–330. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcap.12385

Sripada. (2022). Impaired control in addiction involves cognitive distortions and unreliable self-control, not compulsive desires and overwhelmed self-control. Behavioural Brain Research, 418. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2021.113639

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