Скачать или смотреть Strength and Hope - 16 - Hypofrontality, Bad Decisions, and Craving

This video describes the state of an addict’s brain, which can be referred to as Hypofrontality. What was once a healthy functional decision-making frontal cortex is reduced by overactivity in some areas of the brain, while it lacks activity in others. Hypofrontality causes personality change, impaired decision-making, and a loss of insight during the early stages of addiction.

What begins as a genetic disorder ends in a disorder of choice, and Hypofrontality connects both with the feeling of “craving”. For an addict “craving” is not the same as liking something a lot, like when you say, “I’m craving chocolate”. Craving is a powerful tool that connects the drug to survival and your mind tells you to do anything to get that drug.

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