The "healthy addiction" stuff just makes me think of all the excuses people with addictions make up to justify why it's perfectly okay and even reasonable for them to continue with the addiction xD I can stop any time I want, it's not that bad, I only have/do so much, I deserve it, and my personal favourite that I use to excuse not doing anything at all about my caffeine addiction, there's worse things I could be addicted to.
And I guess if you have to be "addicted" to a lifestyle, investing and improving is definitely much better than clinging to victimhood :)
What if their job is to cure cancer? Do you want them to stop?
Well at the most principle level, you could be basically asking/telling/wanting them to sacrifice their mental health/time with important relationships/etc "for the greater good".
Are they then "selfish and irresponsible" if they choose to prioritise their mental health or time spent with their family over curing cancer even though for literally anything or anyone else we'd be inundating them with advice to take some time for themselves? :D
dwelling on the situation and doing nothing about it is an addiction of another kind
That explains a bit XD I think we've all encountered the person who is constantly moaning how they want life to be better but when asked what they're doing about it, well that's all just too hard and they quite simply cannot because reasons. I don't think I've consciously thought of that as an addiction before.
I wished I had a little more money
I've known people I would consider rich have this wish as well, but what they wanted a little more money for might have been different to what you wanted a little more money for (or perhaps not? XD). Again with money I don't think there is ever a point where there is "enough".
I don't think any addiction is "healthy" really, but I wonder if we are all addicted to something, if there are better and worse forms. ... too much of anything though.
Absolutely! but if someone's loved one was dying of cancer and this person might have the cure - do they want them to go on holiday or spend their time gaming? Makes for an interesting ethical dilemma under certain conditions.
Look how athletes have been treated in this regard recently. And they are playing sport....
I find people are addicted to their thinking too - where they keep thinking in loops, rather than seeing if there is another thought they can have. I suspect it has something to do with how they identify and thinking something else - doing something else - means losing who they know themselves to be. But, if they don't try, what do they really know about themselves?