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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 agree that OCD is usually motivated by fear and the need reduce the fear, and I think fear plays a major role in Autism. I know that fear is my primary emotion when in contexts with people.

    Is it important to make the distinctions? Obessesions, compulsive and addictive behaviours feel very similar, and in everyday life people use the words interchangably. I think it probably is important to know if it is motivated by fear or reward, but it may not be clear cut.

    Someone may start on an activity that has a reward out of a need to escape. I am thinking at the moment of a 14 year old boy I knew 20 years ago, who put £40 a day into gaming machines because he wanted to escape life. He had deep frustrations and no way to deal with them, the games were both thrilling and a means of escape. He was stealing in order to pay for his addiction to the gaming machines.

    It sounded like Pinklaces34 got intersted in bingo and became very focused, obssessed with it for a while, but it had negative financial consequenses so gave it up, but became a bit concerned to know if this was not "a gambling addiction". Is that about right?

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  • I agree that OCD is usually motivated by fear and the need reduce the fear, and I think fear plays a major role in Autism. I know that fear is my primary emotion when in contexts with people.

    Is it important to make the distinctions? Obessesions, compulsive and addictive behaviours feel very similar, and in everyday life people use the words interchangably. I think it probably is important to know if it is motivated by fear or reward, but it may not be clear cut.

    Someone may start on an activity that has a reward out of a need to escape. I am thinking at the moment of a 14 year old boy I knew 20 years ago, who put £40 a day into gaming machines because he wanted to escape life. He had deep frustrations and no way to deal with them, the games were both thrilling and a means of escape. He was stealing in order to pay for his addiction to the gaming machines.

    It sounded like Pinklaces34 got intersted in bingo and became very focused, obssessed with it for a while, but it had negative financial consequenses so gave it up, but became a bit concerned to know if this was not "a gambling addiction". Is that about right?

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