Ambivalence is a prominent feature in addictions whether of the physical or behavioral kind. Valence is the positive or negative weight one assigns to an event, object, person, or situation. Being ...

Practicing psychiatry and addiction medicine for over four decades provided ample evidence of how thoroughly people can ignore contradictions in their thinking and ambivalence in their feelings.

There are days when you feel pulled in two directions at once. You want change, but you also want comfort. You feel excited about a new opportunity, yet strangely uneasy about it. This mix of opposing ...