행위중독 치유를 위한 도가철학적 접근

Abstract

This paper attempts to approach addiction healing through the 'wisdom of stopping' emphasized in Laozi philosophy from the perspective of practical philosophy, that is, philosophical counseling. When a person is addicted to something, it means losing the self-regulation ability for a substance and action as well as being immersed regardless of one's will. In other words, he is no longer in a state of his will, but in a state of being bound by an owner and has transferred his authority and degenerated into a slave following orders. In order to live an independent life away from the restraint of foreign objects, we must bring about a change in existing mistaken values and lifestyles. The shift in values is to stop the automatic shift in thoughts and actions that take place in everyday life. This transition has no choice but to appeal to one's will. We may be able to rely on drugs to get out of the state of restraint, but the final thing is that we will only be able to truly get out of the state of restraint when we bring about a change in behavior through the expression of will according to changes in our world and values. The problem of behavioral addiction is not viewed as a problem of brain disease, but as a problem of human beliefs and values, and I think it is necessary to induce behavioral changes through the expression of will through counseling. For that, we cannot help but heed Laozi's wisdom of “it is not dangerous if it stops.”