Indeed, and so can smoking shortly before bed. Regular daily use can also suppress your ability to dream (or at least your ability to remember those dreams).

I've gone through periods where I smoke a relatively small amount of flower on a daily basis for months at a time, and then stop cold turkey, over a dozen or so times in my life. One thing I really enjoy about stopping cold turkey to take a tolerance break is that my dreams become profoundly vivid during the first week or so of withdrawal. I can often remember dreams vividly as if they occurred in waking life, for as long as two days after the night I dreamt, and with enough clarity to write them out in detail. I usually look forward to the experience.

Maybe I'm just a weirdo, but I actually enjoy the "come down" from individual smoke "sessions", and the "reset" I experience when stopping cold turkey. It feels refreshing in a way, not really sure how to describe it.

For sure. Head over to /r/leaves and you'll see others complaining about pretty gnarly symptoms when they quit. Cold sweats, loss of appetite, nausea, irritability, etc.

I know of plenty of people who have to fall asleep with the TV on, and if they turn off the TV before attempting to sleep, its massively disruptive to their sleep patterns.

I doubt anyone would argue that that's indicative of a physical addiction to the television, even as there are obviously "withdrawal" symptoms. Thus the grandparent's distinction between physical and psychological addiction.

"rehab specialist" typically means someone who was previously a client of a treatment center, perhaps with or perhaps without a certificate in counseling.

Source: my observations routinely interacting with numerous clients and employees (never a client nor employee myself) of more than a few treatment centers.

An Addictionologist is an M.D. with a specialty in addiction who can speak to the matter on a scientific basis.

Doesn’t help That it’s very often taken to self medicate for insomnia. Underlying cause is still there after you quit