In the Consulting of Psychology and Health Montse Valls Giner, we also offer specific therapies for certain harmful habits. Some of these habits are defined as physical and emotional illnesses by the WHO (World Health Organization).
We could define it as "the state of physiological and psychological need for a substance or a practice, beyond voluntary control", but increasingly, they are also considered harmful, getting used to certain activities and / or people, for so much a definition more adapted to the reality of the moment would have to say: "it is a necessity towards a substance, activity or relation cause of the satisfaction, that this one produces to the person". The uncontrolled and essential use of any substance or activity must be considered as such. To have the feeling, that without this life has no meaning or the systematic dedication of an exaggerated time to an activity.
There are therefore what are known as habits to substances (drinking, tobacco, narcotics, etc.) and without substance (gambling, cell phone, social media, sports, sex, etc.) and also emotional (couple, parents, certain person, etc.)
In
substance
habits,
there
is a
physical
component
in
addition
to
the
psychological
one,
which
is
why,
when
trying
to
quit,
significant
adverse
psychological
and
physical
reactions
can
occur.
In
the
case
of
being
emotional,
there
is
no
substance,
but
there
is
"object"
as
the
need
is
usually
addressed
to a
particular
person,
so
they
are
usually
quite
obvious.
Both
those
with
substance
and
the
emotional
ones
are
known,
practically,
all
over
the
world
and
either
by
means
of
analyzes
or
by
the
observation
of
the
behaviors
of
the
affected
one,
relatively
easy
to
determine.
If
they
are
without
substance,
it
usually
takes
longer
to
detect
them,
since
in
many
cases
they
are
simply
"exaggerations"
of
habitual
behaviors,
take
as
an
example
the
exaggerated
overuse
of
social
media.
In
the
case
of
children
and
adolescents,
these
behaviors
on
social
media,
usually
start
with
games,
but
it
ends
up
being
"very
important"
to
know
what
they
say
about
them
at
all
times.
In
the
games
you
feel
"indestructible"
people,
who
play
with
millions
of
players,
who
end
up
feeling
like
"friends",
so
they
end
up
forgetting
their
real
friends,
those
of
real
life,
or
VR,
as
it
is
known
in
the
Nets.
There
comes
a
time
when
they
confuse
the
game
with
life.
When
the
teenager
has
a
“profile”
in
which
he
uploads
his
photos,
he
often
doesn’t
know
where
the
boundaries
are
and
doesn’t
even
imagine
what
can
happen
to
these
photos,
which
are
often
too
intimate.
There
comes
a
time
when
if
they
have
many
“Likes”,
they
feel
important
and
loved
and
if
they
don’t
get
them,
empty
and
undervalued.
There
will
come
a
time
when
the
only
important
thing
will
be
what
happens
on
the
net.
If
they
have
to
stay
one
or
two
days
without
being
able
to
connect
to
the
network,
there
will
be
signs
of
irritability,
nausea,
dizziness,
depression
and
existential
emptiness.
Similar
things
happen
between
adults.
In
the
networks
they
become
other
people
and
have
different
“roles”,
which
allows
them
to
escape
their
daily
problems.
There
comes
a
time
when
these
“virtual
friends”
become
the
only
important
ones.
Because
of
this,
they
end
up
abandoning
their
family
relationships
and
real
friendships.
Many
times,
in
the
case
of
adults,
they
contract
with
the
networks
for
professional
reasons.
Over
time,
seeing
that
these
professional
ambitions
do
not
materialize,
they
end
up
immersing
themselves
in a
virtual
world,
in
which
they
can
show
or
feel
like
winners.
Deep
down
they
don’t
fool
us,
let’s
look
at
the
name
“NETWORK”.
It’s
like
launching
the
net
and
fishing
for
fish
for
a
business,
which
moves
billions
of
Euros
a
year.
As
in
habits
with
substance,
(tobacco,
drinking,
etc.),
it
is
not
possible
to
quit
it
little
by
little.
It
must
be
left
all
at
once.
It
will
be
the
only
way
the
person
will
live
again
in a
real
way
and
enjoying
life.
In our consulting, the harmful habits that are treated are: drinking, smoking, gambling, new technologies such as mobile phones, the Internet, social networks, video games, etc. and sport, sex, people, etc. For other substances and sometimes drinking, therapies are only offered if you have previously undergone medical treatment or are undergoing psychiatric treatment.
The
therapy
will
be
adapted
to
the
specific
habit
and
psychological
profile
of
the
person
and
the
most
appropriate
techniques
and
tools
will
be
used
to
achieve
rehabilitation
in
the
shortest
possible
time.
If
deemed
appropriate
to
the
patient's
profile,
hypnosis
and
relaxation
techniques
will
be
used,
as
they
are
the
ones
that
usually
offer
the
fastest
response
for
this
type
of
problem.
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