{"id":293,"date":"2015-12-28T20:51:26","date_gmt":"2015-12-29T04:51:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olympichypnotherapy.com\/communications\/?p=293"},"modified":"2015-12-28T20:51:26","modified_gmt":"2015-12-29T04:51:26","slug":"new-theory-of-addiction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/olympichypnotherapy.com\/communications\/?p=293","title":{"rendered":"New Theory of Addiction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is reasonable to ask about the way we think about addictions. Just take a moment to reflect and you see how pervasive the behavior of addiction is within people. We attribute powers to the substances and behaviors, physiological effects that leave the addicted one helpless in their grasp.<\/p>\n<p>What if none of this is so? What if it is all about human connection? What if human connection is part of an overall pleasant environment, a pleasing home?<\/p>\n<p>A recent study confirms this and it did so by questioning the scientific method used in the original studies with rats. The researchers didn&#8217;t consider the &#8220;psychological&#8221; effect on the rats confined in cages.<\/p>\n<p>Along comes a new study where the rats are given a &#8220;Disney Land&#8221; environment to live in and now they prefer the water over the drugged water.<\/p>\n<p>The study is interesting.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.olympichypnotherapy.com\/z_news_addiction_theory.shtm\">Read more here &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is reasonable to ask about the way we think about addictions. Just take a moment to reflect and you see how pervasive the behavior of addiction is within people. We attribute powers to the substances and behaviors, physiological effects &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/olympichypnotherapy.com\/communications\/?p=293\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":""},"categories":[9,2,20],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3W5HT-4J","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":68,"url":"http:\/\/olympichypnotherapy.com\/communications\/?p=68","url_meta":{"origin":293,"position":0},"title":"Television: Opiate of the Masses","date":"November 19, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"I just found an interesting article about television (and video games) written ten years ago.\u00a0 It is quite interesting so here it is most of it. \"Alright junkies, I know you don't like staring at long strands of motionless text, and I know it's a struggle for you to analyze\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Health and Healing&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/olympichypnotherapy.com\/communications\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/deb_in_tv.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":386,"url":"http:\/\/olympichypnotherapy.com\/communications\/?p=386","url_meta":{"origin":293,"position":1},"title":"Brains on LSD imaged","date":"April 18, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"LSD is a drug. 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