Craving State
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A Craving State is a state of desire that involves intense longing for specific experiences or objects with persistent motivational force.
- AKA: Yearning State, Longing State, Intense Desire State.
- Context:
- It can typically activate reward pathways through dopaminergic signaling.
- It can typically generate intrusive thoughts about desired objects.
- It can typically motivate goal-directed behavior toward satisfaction.
- It can typically involve cognitive elaboration of desired outcomes.
- It can often trigger approach behavior toward craving targets.
- It can often interfere with attention control through cognitive preoccupation.
- It can often influence decision making through reward valuation.
- It can range from being a Physical Craving State to being a Psychological Craving State, depending on its origin nature.
- It can range from being a Mild Craving State to being an Intense Craving State, depending on its motivational strength.
- It can range from being a Specific Craving State to being a General Craving State, depending on its target specificity.
- It can range from being a Adaptive Craving State to being a Maladaptive Craving State, depending on its functional impact.
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- Example(s):
- Substance Craving States, such as:
- Social Craving States, such as:
- Experience Craving States, such as:
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- Counter-Example(s):
- Satisfaction State, which lacks unfulfilled desire.
- Aversion State, which involves avoidance motivation.
- Indifference State, which lacks motivational force.
- See: State of Desire, Motivation, Reward System, Goal-Directed Behavior, Addiction, Longing, Want, Need, Appetite.