Wael Ibrahim – POPCORN ADDICTION- Is It Really An Addiction #01
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The host of a video series discusses the potential for pornography to impact addiction and relationships, but acknowledges that it is not a addictive behavior. The host emphasizes the importance of research on the potential impact of pornography on the brain and suggests seeking professional help to overcome addiction.
AI: Summary ©
My brothers, my sisters in Islam and everyone,
Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, Bismillah ar
-Rahman ar-Rahim, Alhamdulillah, wassalatu wassalamu ala Rasulullahi
sallallahu alaihi wasallam and welcome to this new
video series titled Popcorn Addiction or as it
is commonly known * Addiction.
So I thought to Inshallah ta'ala launch
this series and answer some of the most
common questions that I always receive almost on
a daily basis regarding popcorn addiction.
So I'd like to clear the fog of
the first question on the list right away
and before wasting your time.
And the first question is pertaining to the
nature of the behavior itself.
Is * really an addictive behavior?
And how does it compare to other addictions?
So the short answer to the questioner whether
* is addictive or not is yes, yes
it is addictive.
But the answer is much more complicated than
that.
While * addiction is not officially listed or
recognized as an addictive behavior in the DSM
-5 or the diagnostic and statistical manual used
by psychologists and psychiatrists to diagnose mental illnesses,
there is mounting evidence suggests that actually *
shares a lot of the characteristics of other
behavioral addictions.
So let's break it down to understand it
even more Inshallah ta'ala.
Addiction in itself is characterized by compulsive engagement
in a rewarding stimuli despite a negative or
adverse consequences.
So you know that the substance or the
behavior is harmful and despite that you do
it anyway.
With * we see very similar patterns to
what I just described.
Users report difficulty in controlling their behavior they
escalate to more extreme content and they continue
to use despite the negative impact that they
have experienced on their lives, relationships, on their
loved ones, on their career, on their religion
and so on and so forth.
Now neurologically and I advise everyone to visit
your brain on * where there are plenty
tons of research on how * could change
the chemistry of the brain but there are
plenty of research out there which shown that
* activates the same reward circuit in the
brain as drugs or gambling.
You can check out the Cambridge study regarding
this or even the Indonesian study that I
have witnessed by myself which have shown the
impact of * consumption on the prefrontal lobes
and the changes that the physical changes we
are talking about the physical changes that *
can have on the physical reward circuit of
the brain.
Now what is really more important to understand
here is that is it really impacting you
negatively?
Is it really interfering in your life?
In your day to day activities?
Or not?
If you are happy with it, I have
nothing to tell you I have nothing to
convince you with.
It's all up to you.
It's your life.
But what really matters here is that if
* consumption interferes in your relationship, in your
work, in your studies in your faith, then
you've got a problem that you need to
resolve.
There are many people who are still debating
this issue up until today whether * is
addictive or not and so on and so
forth they say that it can never be
addictive because there are no chemicals introduced to
the human body.
But by the same token we can argue
that gambling shouldn't be considered as addictive because
it is also behavioral there is no chemicals
introduced into our body yet.
According to the DSM 5, gambling is listed
and recognized as addictive behavior.
There is a whole study about gambling addiction
so why not * is listed or recognized
as such if it shares the same exact
patterns, the same exact cycle so the debates
will continue there is no doubt about it.
But for those who are struggling, for those
who are going through *, labels really doesn't
matter anymore.
In fact, labels matter way less than the
impact itself.
So if * is haunting almost every good
thing in your life and impacting you negatively
in every step of the way and that
you're finding it very hard to stop, to
quit on your own, then you've got an
addictive behavior that you need to sort out.
So the short answer for me would be
it doesn't really matter whether * is addictive
or not.
Is it impacting you negatively?
Then it is worth looking for professional help
to support you and to get you out
of that maze.
Call it addiction, call it compulsion, call it
whatever you want to call it if it's
impacting your life, then you need to change.
And the bottom line is you will never
be able to unstuck your life from this
cycle by yourself.
So I believe that * is absolutely an
addiction that needed to be treated as a
disease because addiction itself is a brain disease.
May Allah SWT cleanse us all from any
addictive behavior whether drugs or other inappropriate activities
and may Allah SWT enable us to overcome
these challenges.
Ameen, Ameen, Ameen Jazakumullah Khair.
Please don't forget to drop your questions in
the comments below.
Perhaps I'll create a specific video to answer
your questions with Popcorn Addiction series.
Assalamualaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuh