Comment by dvfjsdhgfv
Comment by dvfjsdhgfv a day ago
Well, my fellow CBT practitioners would disagree.
There are things you don't do but you understand not doing them is hurting you, so you decide to follow CBT (for example - there are other ways, but CBT has decent efficiency although it's expensive). They don't really need to be classified disorders or fobias.
Similarly, there are things you do and you realize not doing them would be beneficial to you. So you try to stop them and you realize it's hard. Again, you can use CBT or another method (or even medication in some cases). Whether you classify these things as "behavioral addictions" or use another term is secondary, the phenomenon itself is very real and I find it baffling anyone would dispute that.
Rational choice theory has problems explaining "weak will", why we do things we don't want, or don't do things we want.
What's self-evident to you (and me) to some people gets in the way of a neat description of society.