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Exercise Addiction (Bigorexia): When Sport Becomes an Addiction

What is exercise addiction (bigorexia) Bigorexia — called « exercise addiction » in the international scientific literature — describes a sporting practice that has shifted from a healthy habit into a behavioural addiction. Sport, an activity consistently linked to physical and psychological benefits, can nonetheless follow the same mechanism as any other addiction: sensation-seeking, growing tolerance requiring […]

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Discouraged young woman sitting on a sofa surrounded by piles of clothes and dozens of shoes, illustrating compulsive shopping.
Behavioral addictionsCompulsive buying

Compulsive Buying: When Shopping Becomes an Addiction

What is compulsive buying disorder Compulsive buying disorder describes a repeated, uncontrollable buying behaviour that does not respond to an identifiable real need and generates significant negative consequences — financial, relational, or on self-esteem. Precise data on its exact prevalence in France remain limited in the scientific literature today; what is, however, well documented, is […]

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Young woman using a laptop with a holographic AI chatbot interface.
Behavioral addictions

AI addiction: when the assistant becomes a dependence

Artificial intelligence assistants (ChatGPT and other chatbots) have become everyday tools: writing, searching, explaining, structuring, sometimes simply chatting. For most people, they remain useful tools, used occasionally or professionally. For others, the use changes nature. The conversation with the AI becomes a compulsory step, a refuge, a habit that cannot be interrupted. The assistant is […]

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Behavioral addictionsScreens

Screens: why does our brain get hooked?

Screens are now part of our daily lives. Smartphones, social networks, video games and streaming platforms take up a major place in our routines. Many people have felt that strange urge: wanting to put the phone down, but then continuing to scroll for long minutes, sometimes even hours. Why are screens so hard to leave […]

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