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[–] AnotherGrayman 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

Whether you are addicted to porn, gambling, videogames, eating, long distance running, or being a terminal undergrad, the underlying issue is the same.

That's like saying there's no difference between a car accident and drowning because the issue is that you're dead.

Being addicted to sexual violence because you were abused as a kid, versus say, being addicted to video games because they give you a sense of accomplishment, are the not the same underlying issue. The underlying issue isn't "addiction," the issue is whatever's causing the person to become lost to the addiction. There are different psychological mechanisms at play.

You don't treat a veteran who's addicted to first-person shooters the same way you'd treat someone who's addicted to being pissed on.

Different shit is driving the addiction. That's why they're different disorders; they are different disruptions enabling behavior loops.

The loop isn't the problem, it's a symptom.

Pretending every psychological addiction (as opposed to physical addictions) is a separate disorder seems kind of retarded to me.

Pretending you know enough about psychology to make this statement seems equally retarded to me.

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[–] Thisismyvoatusername 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

I think being addicted to sexual violence probably is in a different category. My point was that most addictions (that aren't physical addictions) are really a matter of obsessive behavior. It doesn't much matter what you are obsessing over, the treatment of how to change your thinking is essentially the same.

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[–] AnotherGrayman 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago  (edited ago)

It's really not, though, and that's why they're considered different disorders, because differently disordered psychological profiles require different understandings to treat.

You can't stop somebody from obsessing over something just because you understand "obsession" as a concept, you have to understand how their obsession works and why.

You're doing that Dunning-Kruger Effect thing where you're overconfident in your presumed understanding because you aren't seeing the nuance you're missing, so you don't think there's any nuance and that the professionals are just dumb.