Addiction as Entrenchment

Showing only ideas leading to #4703.

See full discussion​·​See most recent related ideas
  Log in or sign up to participate in this discussion.
With an account, you can revise, criticize, and comment on ideas.
Discussions can branch out indefinitely. You may need to scroll sideways.
Dennis Hackethal’s avatar
Dennis HackethalOP​·​#4697
Only version leading to #4703 (2 total)

I just noticed that the old TCS glossary has an entry on entrenchment and entrenched habits:

Entrenched ideas are ideas that you are unable to abandon even when they fail to survive rational criticism in your mind.

An entrenched habit is something that you can't stop doing even if you consciously decide to, or which makes you feel bad when you consciously force yourself to stop doing it.

I’ve looked at the glossary many times over the years, so maybe the seeds of my ideas about addiction came from it.

Criticized3*
Dennis Hackethal’s avatar
Dennis HackethalOP​·​#4701
Only version leading to #4703 (2 total)

Re consciously deciding to do something: once you’ve automatized some behavior, it’s hard to undo it just by virtue of being automatized, not necessarily because of entrenchment.

Criticism of #4697Criticized1*
Dennis Hackethal’s avatar
Dennis HackethalOP​·​#4703

Superseded by #4702. This comment was generated automatically.

Criticism of #4701