My Strange Addiction is a documentary style, reality based television show that follows various individuals and their addictions. Each individual battle with their unique compulsive and addictive behaviors, and often these habits are dangerous and life-threatening. The show depicts abnormal behaviors ranging from substance abuse to impulse behaviors. Signs off addiction can range between: loss of control, change in appearance, neglect of social life, family history, or relationship issues (Signs and Symptoms, 2015).
In order to understand the abnormal behaviors illustrated in shows such as My Strange Addiction, it is imperative to understand the backbone of addiction: tolerance and withdrawal. Tolerance can be summed up best as the bodies need …show more content…
Impulse buying refers to the impulse behavior of making continuous and unintended or unplanned purchases and the “irrational process in which the urge to gratify an impulse triumphs over the rational parts of the mind” (Aruni & Santhi, 2015, pg. 22, para. 2). Tolerance may be present with impulse buying as an individual increases the quantity or frequency of their purchases in order to satisfy the effect or thrill of making said purchases. A fantastic example of impulse buying in My Strange Addiction is Rebecca, who is addicted to buying shoes. With her addiction she has spent more than $45,000 dollars and currently owns over 200 pairs of shoes. As well, Rebecca has personified her shoes and truly believes that her shoes have feelings; and she feels like she hurts their feelings when she does not wear them. Rebecca admits to stalking sale ads and making many purchases without telling her fiancé because she feels guilty about her shopping at times. Often, impulse behaviors are known to the individual, however, without proper treatment, they are difficult to …show more content…
The most common treatment plan is cognitive behavioral therapy and this particular therapy seems to be the most effective as it aims to motivate the individual by realizing that their addictions and impulses are causing harm and then teaches techniques to reverse those habits (Trichotillomania, 2014).
Lastly, Pica is treated by initially looking for any nutritional deficiencies, to rule them out from the start. Sometimes, a person may engage in eating things, such as dirt, due to a lack of nutrients, such as iron (Pica, 2014). If there is no issue with nutrition, mild aversion therapy is thought to be successful in the treatment of Pica. The purpose of mild aversion therapy is to make an individual associate their behavior with an undesirable experience (Pica,
In order to understand the abnormal behaviors illustrated in shows such as My Strange Addiction, it is imperative to understand the backbone of addiction: tolerance and withdrawal. Tolerance can be summed up best as the bodies need …show more content…
Impulse buying refers to the impulse behavior of making continuous and unintended or unplanned purchases and the “irrational process in which the urge to gratify an impulse triumphs over the rational parts of the mind” (Aruni & Santhi, 2015, pg. 22, para. 2). Tolerance may be present with impulse buying as an individual increases the quantity or frequency of their purchases in order to satisfy the effect or thrill of making said purchases. A fantastic example of impulse buying in My Strange Addiction is Rebecca, who is addicted to buying shoes. With her addiction she has spent more than $45,000 dollars and currently owns over 200 pairs of shoes. As well, Rebecca has personified her shoes and truly believes that her shoes have feelings; and she feels like she hurts their feelings when she does not wear them. Rebecca admits to stalking sale ads and making many purchases without telling her fiancé because she feels guilty about her shopping at times. Often, impulse behaviors are known to the individual, however, without proper treatment, they are difficult to …show more content…
The most common treatment plan is cognitive behavioral therapy and this particular therapy seems to be the most effective as it aims to motivate the individual by realizing that their addictions and impulses are causing harm and then teaches techniques to reverse those habits (Trichotillomania, 2014).
Lastly, Pica is treated by initially looking for any nutritional deficiencies, to rule them out from the start. Sometimes, a person may engage in eating things, such as dirt, due to a lack of nutrients, such as iron (Pica, 2014). If there is no issue with nutrition, mild aversion therapy is thought to be successful in the treatment of Pica. The purpose of mild aversion therapy is to make an individual associate their behavior with an undesirable experience (Pica,