Habit vs Addiction

Here are a few clues to help you define the line between a soft addiction and a productive activity and determine whether or not your behavior is a soft addiction: Zone out. One way of identifying a soft addiction is to notice whether or not you zone out while you are doing it. When we are zoned out, we are not fully engaged. We might be in another world or have a "no one is home" look plastered on our face. Zoning out hints that the real goal of the activity is numbness. Even though we're physically engaged, our mind is off somewhere else. When we're finished with the activity we frequently do not remember the things we've done, watched, or read. Though this frequently occurs while watching television, it can also occur while shopping, working, having superficial co View the rest of this article