How Addiction Happens

Question by Christopher: Social Problems! Help please!?
I am to analytical. I don’t judge people or anything but I am obsessed with “drama” and “what’s happening” within my school. In my mind it goes as: I like to obtain information, I like to disect aspects of that information, and I like to help the person or people in the situation. I am a very selfless person. I generally put everyone else’s needs above mine and ddont care about myself. I recently tried to stop caring so much about things and felt like I was getting sick and disconnected. I got really paranoid too. I felt like I was detoxing from an addiction or something. I am a brilliant individual and have a fast deductory of events. I love conversations about things and problems and I like to solve the problems. Yet I don’t know why I got sick from stopping helping people. I felt the timing was a little to perfect for it to be coincidental. I also want to know if it is normal or if I actually get some sort of rush from it. It doesn’t feel like I do by I feel great after figuring something out or helping someone. Is it normal social behavior?

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Answer by Marissa
I used to be a lot like this in high school and I have several friends who did similar things. A lot of times it stems from a problem in your own life that you haven’t resolved or maybe don’t even know is a problem. Instead of fixing that you try to fix everyone else’s problems, ignoring your own. The reason you probably got “sick” is because you started to realize your own problems. Not saying you should stop helping others, but take some time to reflect on yourself and your life and see if something’s going on there that you should try to figure out.

Answer by Ben N.
I got that currently but im not in school. Help others, ignore your own/bottle it up..it WILL come back and bite you. I’ve done it for at least..middle school i think and now I’ve got a nasty bald spot. But its not at the center top like a normal one. Its between center top and right ear…like on the curve of the skull. Anyways, my advice is to just take a step back once in while and stare into space on your front/back porch. Watch the birds and rabbits..or neighbor kids play if u dont have animals. Just watch nature and stop thinkin about others for a little bit. Maybe 1-2 times a week

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