… the high that your body feels every time you workout?
5. Shopping
We’ve all bought something we don’t really need. If that continues to happen, what you’re really looking for might be some dopamine, the feel-good-chemical for your brain. It could also mean you have impulse-control problems or anxiety issues. If you are hitting the stores a little too often — or the click “purchase” online a little too much, it can cause financial, legal, and social problems.
6. Plastic Surgery
Some people can’t get enough nips and tucks. That’s because many of them have “body dysmorphic disorder” and are obsessed with defects only they can see. This problem is caused by some of the same brain chemicals that play a role in addiction.
7. Being Rejected by Love
This is kind of hard to believe, but people can become addicted to the pain of romantic rejection. This has actually been studied, and brain scans have been done on people showing that it’s similar to a cocaine craving. You could understand why someone keeps ending up in dead-end relationships? Or why their relationship never seems to work out? You know that guy who makes the worst relationship choices possible, or that couple who’s “madly in love” but breaks up every other weekend? They may just have a mental illness.