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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It probably decreased your chances of substance use, you can escape the here and now without drugs/alcohol or food. As a recovering binge eater/yo yo dieter, i would have never had an issue with my weight if i discovered exercise and books as a way to shield myself from the constant presence of reality that was suffocating at times. [/quote] This is a very interesting take, thank you! But then there are also videogames and TV/movies, aren’t they even a stronger “drug” (sorry about my lack of a better term) It also makes me think that escapism such as reading can be harmful, like it seemingly was/is for my father. Maybe he could have pushed through and done something more productive if he wasn’t so engulfed in books and thoughts about nothing practical. On the other hand I was a voracious reader too and I am thankfully doing better than my parent (on a spectrum of things in life). [/quote]
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