Andrew Huberman· PhD
And as I've said before, the way that I define addiction is it's a progressive narrowing of the things that bring people pleasure.
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And as I've said before, the way that I define addiction is it's a progressive narrowing of the things that bring people pleasure.
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Addiction is a progressive narrowing of the things that bring you pleasure in ways that can be very disruptive for your life. These can be process addictions, meaning behavioral addictions. These can be substance abuse issues.
I've tried to uh create a definition for addiction, which is that it's a progressive narrowing of the things that bring one pleasure that it doesn't happen all at once.