Fighting “soft addictions”

    Lost in cyberspace … watching too much TV … when hobbies become bad habits, some call them “soft addictions.”

    WHYY’s health reporter Taunya English spoke with psychologist Dan Gottlieb about battling uncomfortable emotions like boredom and loneliness without resorting to excessive shopping or compulsive exercising.

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