I'm not sure. I know she was unable to take two job offers as per the contract she signed at her former employer prohibited her from being able to take them.
Yea, it is just that. A dependency. However, I used the word addiction because of how people view or understand the words. They act similar regardless if it is the actual product they are dependent on or some type of by-product created mentally. They still can and will control ones life. Which is why I chose to use the word addicted as most here would not make that connection. If you just say dependent to most people they don't make the same connection they do with addiction.(all though in most cases the results are similar to the person addicted/dependent)
The only real difference between the two is that with dependency, you can get psychiatric help and still divulge. People need to understand the difference between dependency and addiction or they might turn out like fullwoofer. Unfortunately, I've seen worse. I know worse. With dependency, your mind(for whatever reason)
creates it. That doesn't mean that dependency isn't real. I know its real; I'll admit that I have a somewhat unnatural dependency on the internets. What that
does mean is that it's reversible.
Here's a hypothetical situation(fullwoofer, along with everyone else who doesn't know the difference between addiction and dependency, read this):
Marge is twelve years old and she just got her first period. Unfortunately, her parents are divorced and she lives with her father. He's a drunk, and while he would never physically beat his daughter, he has no problem spouting off whatever he feels. And like I said, he's always drunk. Now, Marge doesn't know what to do. She's worried because this is a somewhat early age to start having a period -- and her mother wasn't expecting a divorce and didn't take the time to teach Marge what a period is.
She eventually works up the courage to ask her father if something is wrong, and he just laughs at her face. He then throws a bottle at her, scaring her even more.
Marge spends nearly three whole days in and out of the bathroom, bleeding the entire time. What's worse, she has a hormonal imbalance that causes her to lose more blood than the average female. What Marge finds is that when she eats, she feels better. As the next few days pass of nonstop eating, she starts to notice a decrease in blood loss, and she regains some strength and vigor.
Fast forward six years. Marge is now an eighteen year old woman, and she knows all about periods. The only problem is that she weighs 295 pounds, and is obese. She still eats in excess, especially when she's unhappy. This is called a dependency, and while she doesn't know it -- it can be fixed.
Once she gets to college, she meets a man. They fall madly in love, and he treats her with as much respect as he possibly can. Because of her issues, however, she gets angry with him for things she perceives. If she says, "I love you," and he doesn't respond, she feels threatened and eats. After a few months of this, the man(we'll call him Harry) contacts a psychiatrist. He tells the psychiatrist about his girlfriend's past, and her current condition. The psychiatrist agrees that Marge should be helped.
After four years of intensive therapy, Marge is now a successful businesswoman maintaining a healthy weight and a healthy mind.
Addiction hypothetical:
Margery(not to be confused with Marge) is out with friends. She smokes methamphetamine because her friends say it's fun. She feels an incredible euphoria that she's never felt before. What's worse, the next day, she feels.... odd. She doesn't feel like Margery. As the day goes on, she begins to brighten back up, but in the back of her mind she's thinking about methamphetamine.
That weekend, Margery tries it again. This time, she spends three days strung out. When she finally crashes(because they ran out of meth and couldn't get any), she feels absolutely horrible. This isn't because her mind told her that meth felt really awesome so she needed to do it again. It's because of what the meth did to receptors in her brain.
