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Originally Posted by Mr. V
Why did they veer off the path?
What was absent in their lives, in their environment, that led them to seek chemical escape?
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From personal experience I don't believe that it is necessarily the environment they are raised in. Some people are just different. Their brains are different. A "normal" person might perceive something happening in their life as a positive, enjoyable experience and a "different" person might interpret an almost identical occurrence as as very disturbing. Add up enough "disturbing" perceptions, "real" or not, and a person might seek some form of escape. Why does this happen? For some it's a measurable brain chemistry difference. For others it's just a physical neurological abnormality; an area of the brain under or over developed.
For some people, the environment certainly is bad and has an effect. But others, raised in horrible environments, turn out to be pretty well balanced.
It is not a simple thing to understand and very individualized. Because of that, there is not a one size fits all solution. That's what makes it so hard to deal with. Solutions for one are useless for another. Solutions that don't work for an individual today, might work 2 years from now.