When our
strategies do not satisfy the need for love the acquisition of syntropy
continues to be insufficient and anguish persists. This can lead towards
progressively serious organic diseases, since the body enters into a chronic
state of lack of life energy (syntropy). Moreover, anything that removes the distress
associated with anguish becomes for us “vital”. For this reason, when we
respond to the vital need for love by using substances, we rapidly develop a
craving. These substances become vital for us. This mechanism is at the basis
of drug addictions and any other type of addiction.
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