{"id":117033,"date":"2019-10-22T11:00:42","date_gmt":"2019-10-22T10:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/?p=117033"},"modified":"2022-05-16T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-05-16T11:00:00","slug":"ddictive-personality-disorder-traits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/ddictive-personality-disorder-traits.htm","title":{"rendered":"Is Addictive Personality Disorder the Real Problem?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By: Andrey<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

Do you wish you had more control of your life and habits? But wonder if an addictive personality disorder is the problem? <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Editor and lead writer Andrea M. Darcy <\/span><\/a>explores what an addictive personality is or isn’t, and what you can do next if there is a problem.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

What is addictive personality disorder?
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Addictive personality disorder is <\/strong>a theory about why we might have several bad habits we can’t resist.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

But addictive personality disorder isn\u2019t a clinical diagnosis, n<\/span>or is an \u2018addictive personality\u2019. <\/span>There is actually no research proving<\/strong>\u00a0that addiction is a personality trait<\/a> or set of exact personality traits.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Alan R. Lang was the psychologist <\/span><\/span>whose 1983 study<\/a><\/span> <\/span>was seized by the media and triggered the idea of an ‘addictive personality’, when it suggested contributing personality ‘factors’ (not traits) for addiction. But he himself concluded that,”there is no single, unique personality entity that is a necessary and sufficient condition for substance use.’<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

And there<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0is also the small issue that the definition of \u2018addiction\u2019 itself<\/strong> is still debated.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

All this aside, it is true that there is a list of several personality traits that, in combination, can mean you are more likely<\/em> to develop addictions, or lead to a personality disorder<\/a> that makes you more susceptible.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

And these personality traits or disorders, combined with things like genetics, meet with<\/strong> difficult environments<\/a> that then become a recipe for addiction.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The dangers of the ‘addictive personality’ myth<\/span><\/h3>\n

Clinical professor of social work Maryann Amadeo points out in her paper ‘the Addictive Personality’<\/a> that the idea of an ‘addictive personality’ reinforces “the pathologising, stigmatising, marginalisation, and homogenising of individuals.”<\/p>\n

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By: amir appel<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

And you can be using the concept against yourself, if you are:<\/b><\/p>\n