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Originally Posted by PR_Glen
when they started calling it a disease it bothered me too.
however, i don't think there is an argument against it actually being an illness though. It's more of a personality disorder rather than a physical one.
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The brain isn't physical? It's the most complex organ in the entire human body and the least understood, we've barely scratched the surface. As time goes on and neuro biology and neuro psychiatry progresses there is more evidence that there are physical reasons for most personality/behaviour/mood disorders.
My question is and it's not answered yet is does what we think and do affect brain chemistry - right now it seems all I read about is chemical imbalances and other abnormalities in how a person's brain works being the cause of these type of disorders not vice versa.
There's no doubt the pharmaceutical and medicial industry want all these disorders to be considered physical illnesses so they can market expensive drugs and make billions of dollars. I understand where the scepticism comes from.
Trying to separate mind/brain from body is impossible.
There's also the possibility that the truth is that there are some people with addictions who do have a biological chemical abnormalities causing it and others with the same addictions have emotional problems stemming from sociological issues.