The 27-year-old mother of two children died suddenly in the early morning. One morning, her mother-in-law called her to get up and eat, but no matter how she shouted, she couldn't. When she got closer, she was not breathing and her body had become stiff, but the woman's mobile phone interface was still there. Staying on a certain shopping platform, the autopsy result was sudden cardiac death caused by excessive fatigue. It is understood that this woman has a hard time raising two children every day. She can only rest after the children fall asleep at night. She also has the habit of staying up late and playing with her mobile phone. This is what people call addiction.

What is addictive behavior?

Addiction refers to people's long-term, repeated and compulsive desire and obsession with things or behaviors that they hate. Addiction is divided into non-material and material. The former includes playing mobile phones, staying up late and gambling, and the latter includes smoking, alcohol and drug abuse. Nowadays, social competition is fierce, people live at a fast pace, and it is easy to be happy and addicted. For example, when young people are busy at work, they often take a break to play online games. Whether they are taking the bus, eating, or before going to bed, they want to play on their mobile phones to pass the boring time. The more they watch and play, the more enthusiastic they become, thus losing self-control.

What are non-substance addiction and material addiction?

1. Non-material addiction

The most common non-material addiction is staying up late. The reason why staying up late is addictive is because it can give people their own independent space and time, and they can get pleasure from it. Studies have shown that people who are busier during the day are more likely to stay up late. It's not that these people don't want to sleep, but when they actually go to bed, they feel that going to bed too early is a waste. It is this kind of psychological urging that makes people stay up late. However, staying up late can disrupt the biological clock, break down the immune system, and induce a variety of diseases, such as diabetes, various cancers, depression, and cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Another kind of non-material addiction is laziness, which gradually overdraws the health and willpower of young people. Laziness makes people do not exercise enough. Insufficient exercise is prone to diabetes, cancer, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, and Alzheimer's disease.

2. Substance addiction

Substance addiction is a nightmare for most people. A considerable number of children and young people like to eat high-sugar foods, such as various drinks, milk tea, cakes and desserts, which not only cause obesity but also increase the risk of type 2 diabetes. The reason why eating sweets is addictive is because sugar addiction has a dual effect. First, sugar can affect hormones in the body, causing the brain to constantly send signals that it wants to consume sugar; second, sugar can affect hormones in the body, causing the brain to fail to send signals that it is full, causing people to eat more.

What are the symptoms of addictive behavior?

1. Keep investing time

Whether it is online shopping, watching short videos or playing games, etc., it is just a hobby at first, and then it will continue to invest time, and then it has become an indispensable behavior in life. It will be very uncomfortable not to play or watch for a day. .

2. Knowing the consequences but still persisting

I know that staying up late or doing difficult tasks is not good for your health, but you still continue to do it. In addition, most Internet addicts give up socializing and stay in a separate closed space without interacting with others in order to be able to access the Internet.

3. Can’t stop

Whether you are playing games or eating sweets, as long as you stop, you will always be thinking about it and want to experience it again.

Warm reminder

In order to quit addictive behaviors, you need to keep yourself busy and make reasonable use of your spare time, because busyness can distract your attention. In addition, you should accumulate small habits and stay away from addictive environments, such as staying away from Internet environments and places with desserts.