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In this post from the Louis Laves-Webb, LCSW, LPC-S & Associates blog, we will discuss the common reasons behind gambling addiction, the negative outcomes it can have, and the treatment methods available to help overcome this compulsion.

In this post from the Louis Laves-Webb, LCSW, LPC-S & Associates blog, we will explore the typical causes behind work addiction, which is a type of behavioral addiction, as well as the detrimental outcomes it can lead to, and the therapeutic approaches available to help combat this compulsion.

In today's fast-paced, competitive world, accumulating wealth has become synonymous with success and happiness. While financial stability is essential for a healthy life, an obsessive pursuit of money can lead to addiction, causing negative consequences for the addicted individual and their loved ones.

Process addiction, also known as a behavioral addiction, is a type of addiction where individuals become compulsively involved in a particular behavior or activity, to the point where it starts to negatively impact their daily lives. In this post from the Louis Laves-Webb, LCSW, LPC-S, and Associates blog, we will explore how process addiction happens and some of the most common types of process addiction.

Some people have a fear of spiders, known as arachnophobia. Others have a fear of being without their mobile device, known as nomophobia. One of the rarer phobias is known as globophobia: the fear of balloons.

Ergophobia can be defined as an irrational, extreme, and sometimes severe fear of work and the surrounding features of work. This fear of work includes work-related tasks, social relationships, or public speaking. Learn more here.

Ablutophobia is an unexplainable and overwhelming fear of cleaning, washing, or bathing. Like other phobias, ablutophobia is a form of anxiety disorder. Also like other phobias, ablutophobia is centered around a fear of a specific situation.

Nomophobia comes from the phrase “No Mobile Phone Phobia”. It is used to describe a psychological condition in which an individual has a fear of being away from their phone, or away from mobile phone service. Nomophobia is a newer fear among people, as mobile phones have only been as popular as they are today for about 15 years.

Our worlds are dynamic, fluid, and perpetually in flux. Limitations in mental creativity, adaptability, or an improvisational skill set can leave individuals clinging to perfectionism or “decision tree” type ways of navigating the world that ultimately perpetuate the problems they may be attempting to solve.