Is Craving Just a Habit? What Neuroscience—and Patients—Taught Me
Let me take a wild guess at what happened last night.
You walked into the kitchen. You opened the fridge. Stared. Nothing looked appealing. Closed it. Walked away.
Three minutes later? Back again. This time to the pantry.
You weren’t hungry. You just needed something. A little crunch, maybe. A little dopamine.
Congratulations. You were in a craving loop.
Now let’s be clear: craving doesn’t make you broken. It makes you human.
But here’s the part that changed everything for me as a physician: craving isn’t just about food. It’s about habit.
And once you understand that? You stop trying to fight cravings—and start decoding them.
So… What Is a Craving, Exactly?
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