Luxury rehab centers now offer therapy for 'crypto addiction'

Discussion in 'Psychology' started by Pekelo, Feb 5, 2023.

  1. Pekelo

    Pekelo

    @Baron @johnarb You know who you are...

    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-64245669

    Excerpt:

    "The treatment for crypto addiction is similar to other addictions," says Anna Lembke, a psychiatry professor at Stanford University and chief of the Stanford Addiction Medicine Dual Diagnosis Clinic.


    "It's a biopsychosocial disease so it requires a biopsychosocial intervention: medications in some cases, individual and group psychotherapy, changing habits and environment, (or) implementing healthier replacement activities."

    But, she adds, the cost is not always justified. Experts like her argue that it's akin to gambling and should be treated as such.

    "They are making money off desperate people," says Lia Nower, director at the Centre for Gambling Studies in Rutgers School of Social Work. "Whether you're 'addicted' to trading crypto, betting on sports, or playing the lottery, your symptoms and treatment will be largely the same."

    Like other addictions, treatment for crypto addiction should begin with abstinence and managing withdrawal symptoms - which could include anxiety, irritability and insomnia, Ms Lembke said. "No crypto trading or viewing for at least four weeks, which gives the brain a chance to reset reward pathways. The [withdrawal] symptoms are usually time-limited and can be managed with emotional support and reassurance that they will eventually go away."
     
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  2. Tokenz

    Tokenz

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  3. Nobert

    Nobert

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  4. Experts say that holding a Bored APE NFT is a clear sign of a problem.

     
  5. A new cryptocurrency hitting the market?
     
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  6. Sprout

    Sprout

    lol, same could probably be said for those constantly reposting from the subreddit buttcoin. Enjoy your yuks now, maybe crypto dies, maybe it becomes the landscape of zombie coins, maybe btc goes to zero, maybe btc rules them all. The show is hardly over and the fat lady has yet to sing.

    Frankly, addiction has more to do with an individual than any means to fuel the addiction.
     
  7. Tokenz

    Tokenz

    No, that was a picture of the american dollar printed from thin air.
     
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  8. easymon1

    easymon1

  9. Then I'd hate to imagine stepping on a steaming pile of fresh crypto.
     
    Last edited: Feb 6, 2023
  10. deaddog

    deaddog

    That's the beauty of crypto, it's virtual, it doesn't really exist, so you can't actually step in it. :)
     
    #10     Feb 6, 2023