The Science of Numbing: Understanding Addiction and the Human Need to Cope
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The Science of Numbing: Understanding Addiction and the Human Need to Cope
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We’re back and we’re diving straight into the hard stuff. Addiction. Not just to substances, but to anything we use to numb the ache…scrolling, relationships, achievement, busyness, control.
In this episode, we explore the science and soul of addiction, how it forms, what it’s protecting us from, and what healing really looks like. Drawing on the work of some of our favorite thinkers, we unpack the link between trauma, disconnection, and the desperateu search for relief.
This isn’t an episode about shame — it’s an episode about understanding. About compassion. About the truth that every coping mechanism started as an attempt to survive.
We all struggle, we all experience pain and sometimes we go to extremes to escape that pain.
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