“Based on these results, we believe that the insula could be hyperactive in problem gamblers, making them more susceptible to errors of thinking.” Dr Luke Clark “Gambling addicts are likely to have developed a different pattern of brain activity than non-gamblers which gives them a misguided belief […]
In relation to other addictive behaviours, Gambling Disorders seems to have many different types of cognitive distortion which are specific to the disorder. Obviously gambling addicts also exhibit the general cognitive distortions exhibited by other addictive behaviours too. Table 1. shows the myriad of cognitive distortions associated with Gambling Disorder. […]
This is an appendum to yesterday’s blog – Ultimately, as this study (1) alludes to, there is a vital role for amygdaloid activity in both anxiety disorders and in alcoholism. It seems, however, to be suggesting that this amygdaloid hyperactivity is mainly prevalent in withdrawal and protracted abstinence. […]
We have often thought that the issue of co-morbidity with addiction may be better understood by appreciating that certain “anxiety” type manifestations in addiction, often attributed to a co-occurring anxiety disorder, may be the consequence of an hyper reactive amygdaloid region in the brain. This commonality […]
Alcoholics and addicts and those with other addictive behaviours appear to have the same general cognitive distortions as well as distortions of errors in thinking specific to their manifest addictive behaviour. However, there seem to be overlaps in certain cognitive distortions as in the case of […]
Thought Shape Fusion – Cognitive Distortions linked to Eating Disorders Throughout our blogs on this blogsite we have attempted to show that there are commonalities between various addictive behaviours from alcoholism to addiction to substances, to behavioural addictions such as Gambling disorder, Hypersexual Disorder, Eating Disorders and […]
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