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obsession or addiction?

pinklaces34

Hi guys, just wanted opinions on something. Basically a few years ago i started going on a bingo site and it got to the point where i was on there all the time and got into debt. I was just wondering in terms of aspergers would this be classed as an addiction or did i continue to do it due to obsessive behaviour? I am quite an obsessive person anyway, like if i start a new hobby i end up buying every thing that I can get for it.  I'm more inclined to think obsession because I managed to stop going on quite easily and then moved on to jewellery making.

Any thoughts? X

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  • I would say that obsessions can be considered harmful if they take over your life. 

    Addictions are usually very difficult to give up because they involve a need for a chemical in the case of gambling addiction, a chemical naturally produced by the brain rather than an external administered chemical.  If you found it fairly easy to give up then it was probably an obsession, which can be difficult to give up too, but you don't go 'cold turkey' and have chemical withdrawal symptoms which you would have giving up a gambling addiction.

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  • I would say that obsessions can be considered harmful if they take over your life. 

    Addictions are usually very difficult to give up because they involve a need for a chemical in the case of gambling addiction, a chemical naturally produced by the brain rather than an external administered chemical.  If you found it fairly easy to give up then it was probably an obsession, which can be difficult to give up too, but you don't go 'cold turkey' and have chemical withdrawal symptoms which you would have giving up a gambling addiction.

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