Many modern young people cannot imagine their life without nightclubs, where they are ready to spend all their free time. It would seem that there is nothing wrong with this, if not for the opinion of experts, who believe that the habit of hanging out in the club space and at parties can turn into a psychological addiction.
If a person has an almost daily desire to go to a club or a party, even if he was there just yesterday, spend all his money like that, live only a nightlife, despite the damage that it can bring to health, work or study, then it is more likely in all, this person suffers from club addiction. This phenomenon appeared relatively recently and has not yet been fully investigated. Even though most people think it's perfectly okay to have fun, especially on weekends, it can be very difficult to see the line when a habit turns into an addiction.
It is not so easy to distinguish the traditional addiction, which is most often associated with alcoholism, drug addiction or gambling addiction, from the one that occurs with a certain lifestyle. In cases of dependence on an object (cigarette, alcohol, a new game), everything is extremely clear, but to see the behavioral dependence characteristic, in particular, of the "club" one, which may well lead to already known dependences on objects, is possible only if you look closely to the way of life that a person leads and the consequences to which he leads.
Where is the line between excessive and normal hobby of the nightclub life?
Signs of club addiction
It is necessary, first of all, to pay attention to the age of the person who is keen on parties. If a teenager does this, then we can talk about his natural hobby, because he goes through a certain stage of development and belonging to some social group. Most people overcome this stage painlessly, without getting stuck in it, and move on to the next. But if the teenage period is over, the person is already 25 or 35 years old, and he also continues to constantly look for new entertainment, parties, parties and nightclubs in the club, then it makes sense to think that the hobby is becoming - or has already become - an addiction.
It is worth paying attention to one more point. If a hobby destroys a person's normal life, then this also indicates an already formed addiction. For example, if a girl goes to parties and cannot imagine life without them, losing contact with friends, relatives, destroying personal relationships with a partner and experiencing constant discomfort outside of club life, this is a clear sign of addiction. In form, such a state may resemble drug withdrawal, when a person literally begins to go crazy from the lack of "doping".
Another criterion for club addiction is abrupt mood swings or "emotional swings", when a person, being at a party, feels joy, euphoria, happiness, and outside of it falls into despondency, depression or boredom, counting the days and minutes until the next trip to the club …
Possible grounds for the development of addiction
Addiction is, first of all, a vivid symptom of the fact that not everything is normal in a person's life and there are internal problems that sometimes require immediate solutions. Some people believe that being constantly surrounded by bright, independent, joyful, at first glance, people, they join another world - glamorous and successful.
The search for a happy life in clubs, at parties and parties may indicate that a person feels unattractiveness, inner discomfort, and sometimes some kind of inferiority and, only wearing a mask, feels temporary freedom, meeting certain standards.
Lack of attention and love from loved ones is compensated elsewhere, in this case at a party. A person ceases to feel deep loneliness and fear that no one will ever fall in love with him, will not notice or pay attention to him, forgetting that it is unlikely that it will be possible to build a serious relationship in the club.
What to do if you find a club addiction
Getting rid of addiction begins at the moment when a person realizes that he really suffers from this addiction and that he is not the only one in this world. Addiction is not something terrible or scary, it is only a temporary obstacle that can be successfully overcome sometimes on your own, and sometimes with the help of specialists.
It is necessary that at the time of getting rid of inadequate attachment, someone from friends or relatives who have nothing to do with club parties should be nearby.
It is very important for relatives to stop giving constant advice or solving problems for the person who has become addicted. It is certainly necessary to help a person, but it is necessary that he himself learn to make important life decisions, take responsibility for his own life and stop hiding from it at parties and among imaginary friends.
