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positive addiction

positive addiction Positive addiction is an addiction-like state that is experienced as beneficial or adaptive rather than mainly harmful.

Positive addiction is an addiction-like state that is experienced as beneficial or adaptive rather than mainly harmful. In this source, intense romantic love is described as a natural example because it can involve craving, dependence, and reward-system activation while also serving pair-bonding and reproduction.

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Drafting source: Fisher Helen E.; Xu Xiaomeng; Aron Arthur; Brown Lucy L.. Intense, Passionate, Romantic Love: A Natural Addiction? How the Fields That Investigate Romance and Substance Abuse Can Inform Each Other. 2016; DOI 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00687; article XML SHA-256 4ab04a36fda68a0658965360b1c3475d9fe68dec8f491e39c350c5f38fc49486. “Intense, Passionate, Romantic Love: A Natural Addiction? How the Fields That Investigate Romance and Substance Abuse Can Inform Each Other” (10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00687).
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