human addiction theme
Despite adverse consequences to themself, a character compulsively engages in an activity that results in rewarding stimuli. In medical terms, addiction is disorder of the brain's reward system.
Examples
Typically "human addiction" is connected to substance abuse, such as the case with "alcoholism" and "drug addiction". Other forms of addiction include "video game addiction", or "workaholism", although these examples may not be addictions in the clinical sense.
11 total · 5 major · 6 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| blackmirror5x01 | major | Karl (male) became addicted to having sex as a female in a VR game. |
| tz1959e1x08 | major | Henry was as addicted to reading as some are to alcohol and his social life suffered correspondingly. |
| tz1959e2x07 | major | The story followed Don as he became increasingly consumed with learning mechanical fortune teller produced predictions about his future. [fortune telling] |
| tz1985e2x02b | major | Christine became addicted to the water of life. |
| tz2002e1x24 | major | Ali became so preoccupied with having Kneigh read her future that she spent whole days waiting for him at the coffee shop and panicked when she missed him. [fortune telling] |
| movie: Dreamcatcher (2003) | minor | Barry saw a psychiatrist about his binge eating disorder. |
| movie: Until the End of the World (1991) | minor | Claire became hopelessly addicted to viewing recordings of her own dreams. |
| rd1988e7x01 | minor | Lister said he was a curry-oholic. Subsequent events seemed to support this statement. |
| sherlock2x02 | minor | Sherlock was trying to kick his smoking habit. |
| tftc1989e7x12 | minor | Kate explained to Glynn that she craved sex to an extreme degree. [sex addiction] |