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Wondering... Why did he steal from friends?
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<blockquote data-quote="exhausted" data-source="post: 538881" data-attributes="member: 11001"><p>Did not read all post carefully-sorry to repeat or not meet the "curve" of the post. </p><p></p><p>In any addiction, the same chemicals are released into the brain which make the user "feel better". It doesn't matter if it is drug, sex or gambling enduced. These endorphines make the addict want more of the feeling. They do what they do to get more of the feeling. People who steal often steal for the same reason-the "high". The planning and thinking about it may also cause a high. My daughter, whose main addiction is sex, has shared that she gets that high feeling when she plans and thinks about her next encounter.There is actually some recent writing and research about "impulse control disorder"-Psychology Today had something in the fall or late summer last year.I believe on-line access is free for past issues.</p><p></p><p>Who knows why or the motivation-the problem is it almost certainly created some kind of euphoria and he may do it again if he relapses-consequences for these kids are not deterants-my difficult child says it. Fear is proven not to work-which is why the threats of jail and getting caught don't stop them. The chance that they will get a feeling of exhiliration-may even get away with it, is enough to turn the light green. The challenge/danger may make it more desirable. My difficult child likes to live on the edge and in danger- she feels alive this way. She often chooses the riskiest path. To me it's pathology and often goes along with addiction. Noone in my FA meetings has a kid who is addicted and doesn't do some kind of criminal stealing or sceaming to fuel their habit.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="exhausted, post: 538881, member: 11001"] Did not read all post carefully-sorry to repeat or not meet the "curve" of the post. In any addiction, the same chemicals are released into the brain which make the user "feel better". It doesn't matter if it is drug, sex or gambling enduced. These endorphines make the addict want more of the feeling. They do what they do to get more of the feeling. People who steal often steal for the same reason-the "high". The planning and thinking about it may also cause a high. My daughter, whose main addiction is sex, has shared that she gets that high feeling when she plans and thinks about her next encounter.There is actually some recent writing and research about "impulse control disorder"-Psychology Today had something in the fall or late summer last year.I believe on-line access is free for past issues. Who knows why or the motivation-the problem is it almost certainly created some kind of euphoria and he may do it again if he relapses-consequences for these kids are not deterants-my difficult child says it. Fear is proven not to work-which is why the threats of jail and getting caught don't stop them. The chance that they will get a feeling of exhiliration-may even get away with it, is enough to turn the light green. The challenge/danger may make it more desirable. My difficult child likes to live on the edge and in danger- she feels alive this way. She often chooses the riskiest path. To me it's pathology and often goes along with addiction. Noone in my FA meetings has a kid who is addicted and doesn't do some kind of criminal stealing or sceaming to fuel their habit. [/QUOTE]
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