Question by Minority: can you be addicted to people the same way as being addicted to drugs?
I know some people who can’t tolerate being alone, not even for a little while. It’s like they’re dependent on people- but is that the right word to use? Can you be dependent on people the same as narcotic drugs? I mean, the social interaction has to be generating some kind of chemical boost.
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Answer by muahbabyluv
yeah i’d say it is. those people have separation anxiety, but i just think people can never get enough of some other people. like people in love, that sort of thing. i don’t think you can help it.
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it can be to some people. we are all addicted to some thing in life. any thing else i know what im addicted too.
There are some people who get very bored being alone, they always need someone else around them to keep them interested. It’s not that they’re addicted, or dependant, on other people, it’s more that they just don’t cope very well.
There are certainly similarities with addiction though so I can understand why you’d consider it in that way. It’s the same need to escape the “withdrawal” symptoms.
Someone can be dependent on people, but they’re not addicted. Addiction is when your body has a physical need for a certain chemical, and if it doesn’t have it, then it will affect the function of your body. Being dependent on people is more like a mental/emotional need.
Of course, for example a abused housewife to her husband, he can beat her until she’s black and blue and she will still be with him. Some ppl get off on that, they actually think they need that excitement.
I would say yes. Some people just don’t want to be alone. They need companionship,some go so far as being a stalker,because they become infatuated with a person,so in a way it is same as drugs.
yeah! sure
you can also be addicted to pizza same way as to drugs…
just like me!