{"id":76077,"date":"2026-04-30T15:14:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T15:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.truffelceremonie.com\/reconnecting-with-yourself\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T15:16:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T15:16:08","slug":"reconnecting-with-yourself","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.truffelceremonie.com\/en\/reconnecting-with-yourself\/","title":{"rendered":"Reconnecting with yourself"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Home<\/a> | Restoring connection with yourself<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Reconnecting with yourself<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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In a world in which we are constantly exposed to stimuli, expectations and distractions, we become increasingly distant from our own core. We live fast, think a lot and often feel too little. The silence in which you can truly meet yourself is becoming rare. And it is precisely in this emptiness that something arises that many people recognize: a feeling of restlessness, emptiness or dissatisfaction. <\/p>

To alleviate that feeling, we look for ways to feel better. We reach for behaviors that provide short-term relief but, in the long run, move us further away from ourselves. Think excessive use of alcohol, social media, food, work or other forms of addictive behavior. <\/p>

But what if addiction is not a problem to be solved … but a signal that wants to be understood?<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Addiction is a call for connection<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Within the vision of Jim van Os<\/span><\/span> it is becoming increasingly clear that psychological complaints cannot be separated from our need for connection. Connection with others, but especially connection with ourselves. According to him, the focus in the mainstream approach is often too much on labels and diagnoses, while the real question is: what happened to make someone feel this way? <\/p>

From that perspective, addiction can be seen as a creative (but ultimately limiting) way of dealing with inner pain, tension or emptiness. It is an attempt by the system to find balance, to regulate something too overwhelming to feel directly. <\/p>

For example, when you notice that you keep reaching for your phone, a glass of wine, or some other form of distraction, it is often not a coincidence. It is a pattern that originated somewhere. A pattern that once had a function. But what once helped may later actually get in the way. <\/p>

The problem is not that you are doing something “wrong. The problem is that you are getting further and further away from what you actually feel. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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How addiction takes you out of connection<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Addiction works subtly. It often starts innocently. Just relaxing for a moment. Not feeling for a while. Just escaping the rush or tension. But slowly something shifts. <\/p>

You notice that you need it more often. That it becomes harder to be without it. That you are less able to feel what you need. That you are less present in the moment. <\/p>

And without realizing it, distance is created:<\/p>