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Addiction... Between the false sense of happiness and destruction of the brain

Addiction is one of the most serious threats to the future of generations, and one of the actors in the destruction of nations if it is neglected and treated with disregard or recklessness with it

What is addiction? What are its types and causes and how do we protect society from its danger?

Addiction is a chronic disease that changes the brain and leads to harmful behavioral changes. It is similar to heart disease that affects and disrupts the normal functioning of the heart, but hope that it can be treated and prevented.

Some believe that taking drugs will make them feel comfortable, change their moods and relieve tension and anxiety if they have problems and stress. This may be a cause of relapse after recovery. It is considered a way to escape problems.

In the end, you harm your body by introducing harmful substances that affect its performance. It may be because of curiosity in the experience of something new or others around you. Adolescents are more susceptible to it, because addiction it starts in Egypt from the age of 11 years.

The first feeling

The first time a person feels that he is positive and can control it, but what happens is that the drug is necessary to make the person feel normal, and may increase the intake of doses trying to reach a new sense, and so will be caught in the addiction line unconsciously.

Hence, we can summarize the risk factors that contribute to addiction, namely, the pursuit of a new experience - parental non-supervision - social problems and pressures - aggressive behavior in childhood - availability and availability of drugs.

What does brain addiction do?

The brain consists of many parts that work together as a team; to coordinate the functions of the body, and the parts communicate together through neurons and spinal cord, to feel, think and do anything.

Drugs are chemicals that affect the brain through the system of communication between cells, for example, anesthetic drug "cannabis" and "heroin" drugs are activating neurons in a different way than normal messages sent abnormal, and the drug "cocaine" makes the nerve cells release abnormally large quantities, which eventually disables communication channels.

Why do you need to take drugs again and again?

When you eat foods you love, the brain stimulates the release of a natural reward for the body that makes you happy. Most drugs target the reward system in your brain to make you happy. Your brain wants to repeat this behavior to get reward again. Drug use produces 2-10 times the natural reward. It is secreted by the brain.

What happens to your mind when you continue to take drugs?

For the brain, the difference between natural reward and medication reward can be described as the difference between a person whispering in your ear and someone yelling at the microphone. As the intake continues, the brain adapts to a large amount of intake, reducing the number of receptors that receive natural signals. This is why the addict eventually feels depressed and uncomfortable In anything, and enters into a vicious circle that always feels the need to take drugs; because his body stopped producing the natural rewards.