Sometimes placing a label on a behavior only makes the matter worse. Social media addiction is a very real phenomenon, but noteworthy research now reports simply believing you’re addicted to Instagram ...

You know who you are. Always checking your phone every five minutes even though you know nothing has changed since the last time you checked. Hitting the refresh button to see if someone new has ...

We deal with a lot of inherently traumatic things in medicine every day. We see people die or get terrible injuries. We see people who have lost control of their lives. We convince ourselves that it ...

In contemporary society, we are quick to pathologize our behaviors. We jokingly call our fondness for cleaning “OCD,” sometimes argue that “we’re all a little autistic,” and haphazardly label our ...

When someone is in active addiction, we try to avoid all of the "normal things in life." Source: Priscilla Du Perez/Unsplash Throughout the course of my life, I have learned from the adage, “To Thine ...

ATLANTA — We have them by our sides night and day. On average, we check our phones 205 times each day. That is once every five minutes. But should we be worried about being addicted? There are ...

Thank you for your question. The issue of sex addiction is serious so I appreciate that you brought it up. My first question would be, “what makes you say you are addicted to sex?” While you are ...

Do you know someone who is addicted to drama? I’ll bet you immediately thought of one or two people! You may be thinking of the friend who starts every conversation with, “Oh my God, you have no idea ...