The Real Reason You Haven't Beaten Your Addictions Yet

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Join 10,000+ people building mental clarity and social confidence every Thursday for free. Takes 20 seconds: ⬇️🔥 https://www.newelofknowledge.com/ I refuse to put mid-roll ads or sponsorships in my videos. So your support (a coffee a month) keeps what I do alive 🥹, ily either way: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5fy9izAhlANCISUdU8quDg/join 👀 Build unbreakable social confidence here: https://newelofknowledge.eo.page/socialconfidencewaitlist#/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/newelofknow/?hl=en-gb X: https://twitter.com/NewelOfKnow Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1FRO4KMCcP09uojMjo4Xi2?si=e1d9ac403b214520 0:00 A surprising intro 0:55 A quick story about me 2:23 (1) Time murdering & The death drive (Psychoanalysis) 4:40 (2) The neuroscience of wanting vs liking 8:34 (3) The evolutionary psychology of addiction 11:20 Solution 1: Unpacking 15:09 Solution 2: Responsibility If you’re dealing with addiction of any sort, I just want to say well done. Because despite you battling this addiction, you still manage to wake up each morning and live your life. So I’m proud of you for that. And I’m proud of you for clicking on a video to help you find out solutions to your addiction. That sounds strange I know, because you likely don’t feel proud of yourself for having this addiction but I know that after this video you’ll be able to beat it. No doubt about it. The way this video is going to work is we’re going to cover a brief story from me, 3 explanations of addiction 1 from psychoanalysis, 1 from neuroscience and 1 from evolutionary psychology then we’ll cover the 2 solutions to any addiction. So if you want to get straight to the solutions feel free to skip to them in the timestamps, but obviously I’d recommend you watch the whole video as the 3 psychological explanations will give you much needed context. Title ideas: This is why you haven't beaten your addictions yet The 2 reasons why you're still addicted The 2 solutions to any addiction