What Is Psychological Addiction?

Published January 30, 2014

Question by n8ive_hunny2005: What is psychological addiction?
Anything compared to Drug addiction.

Best answer:

Answer by California Bear
A psychological addiction is the desire to use a drug due to the effect it produces. Stopping usage of a drug that causes psychological addiction may cause unease and discomfort but will have no physical effects on the user. Marijuana is an example of a drug that causes psychological addiction. Psychological addiction is not always limited to drugs. Any activity that creates a feeling of euphoria that is craved to the detriment of other things can be a psychological addiction.

A physiological addiction causes withdrawl symptoms and possibly physical harm when someone stops using the drug. Heroin is an example of a physiological addictive drug. Withdrawl from heroin can be fatal.

Effects of Drug Addictions
Just an example of how some drug addictions start, and what the effects of drug addictions could be. This was made for a health project.