Posted by helper on October 07, 2000 at 08:48
In Reply to: Help I am a pooping addict posted by Andy on October 06, 2000 at 12:34
Andy, for a habit or life ritual to be classed as an addiction that habit must interfere with the normal functionings of day to day life and be performed compulsively. It is safe for me to assume that performance occurs impulsively. Does your shitting stop you from meeting commitments and maintaining personal responsibilities? Do you find yourself messing instead of doing other important things like work or keeping family commitments? If so, seek help to control the frequency of your pleasure. Addictions can be illustrated or explained as a series of vicious cycles. Alcoholism, for example, is usually caused by stress and/or other personal conflicts. The stress of keeping up the bank loan repayments tempts the victim to drink to ease the tension, but because he spends so much time drunk he now lacks the capacity to properly carry out his job. The car gets repossessed and concequently the sufferer drinks more and more to supress the increasing external pressures. In other words, his means for escaping his life problems (drinking) FUEL or INCREASE the very problems that cause the consumption of alcohol to begin with. Eventually the person's problems will expand to their relationships and their lives degrade completely. This is rock bottom.
Andy, if your pooping causes or exacerbates any problems for you, if pooping is making life inefficient and unhappy, then I once again advise, seek the help of a psychologist (not a psychotherapist or psychiatrist - you do not have a medicle condition!)