What effect does dopamine have on motivation and craving?

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Dopamine is often described as the agent primarily responsible for motivation, pleasure, and craving. These claims cannot be rejected. However, theories posit that there have been necessary modifications in the understanding of functioning of dopaminergic system. For example, scientists have increasingly emphasized that dopamine is really more than “reward” –maybe it is better to say, it’s something completely different. Quite recently one of the leading theorists of dopaminergic activity proposed a new and simple explanation of how dopamine works, which basically says the following: Do not touch that!... Want crops or they've won!

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The message of this video is so true. A good example is how it is a different feeling to cook your food and eat afterwards a really tasty dish; than to just buy fast food which give you a temporary and quick good feeling. That’s what happens to me at least
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It's not true
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This channal is about learning the why.  Judging when we have never tried seems wrong.  Deciding something is wrong based on lies is most definitely wrong?  when you can be this easily dooped means you should never judge.  You can't tell truth from lies because you don't ask enough questions. Who, what, when, where, why is a good start.  See how much work and effort go into finding truth...easier to be told what to think??  Easier to be told what to think??  Is it easier to be told what to think?
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Eating trash will never give you pleasure. Eating a desert is a totally diffent story but there sugar is involved.
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I heard it's an Eastern kind of part of their philosophy that it is a blessing to experience hardship. They're thankful for a bad day because they know tomorrow could be better.
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I feel so much appreciation for how the issues of internet use, porn and food are often discussed in topics surrounding addiction, as they are heavily overlooked in many popular discourses around addiction.
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I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THE ANDREW HUBERMAN PODCAST. He has a lot of great content on science that can help you in your day-to-day life. Changed me for the better.
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"Pursuit is the reward" Oh My god!!!!It changes everything
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This is why I always say “pain leads to peace”.   Suffering well - knowing you sacrificed and did what was necessary to grow - evokes a sense of contentment and confidence that either producers dopamine, Or is a by-product of it.
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this is the best scientifically explained video of why most of the people in current days are feeling so depressed and unmotivated.
Amazing video!!
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Yes! This makes so much sense! I had a concussion during covid, and it became a persistant post-concussion syndrom (3 years in now, back to 60-65% of who I was before the accident). I always was someone forgetting my phone, never spending much time on it, finding it a waste of my life. But after the initial phase of the concussion (after like 4 months), it was something I COULD do, and find pleasure in. Even though it gave me a headache, my screen needed to be dimmed and red for me to be able to look at it. I downloaded tiktok and became addicted. The sounds/feelings/sights in the outside world were overwhelming me so quickly, but in my bed, under my weighted blanket, I was able to amuse myself for a couple of hours a day.. But I started to get hooked on it, and after like a year of TikTok, I was so addicted, that I couldn’t stop, even if I wanted to.. Now, just a couple of days ago, I deleted it from my phone. I started to wake up early (for me at least), start my day in the daylight outside in the garden doing some stretching or light workout for 30 minutes, do some housework for 30 minutes and take a cold shower (as cold as I can handle at least). In just a couple of days, I feel so much better. I’m still on my phone alot (like gradually decreasing my time on here), but I played the ukulele, made healthy meals 2 times a day, sang a bit in the kitchen, read some pages of a book. It’s just a start, but I finally feel hopefull again!
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Doing good and helping others is the highest pleasure. The emptiness that most rich people experience in life is found in living for self indulgence.

Work hard to gain the power to change the world for good and you will know true satisfaction. Do unto others as you would have them do for you.
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The scientific way to explain “no pain no gain”
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But it's not painful? It's way more painful to indulge.
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Pain is a signal from our body that something is wrong. Ignore pain and injury is very likely to occur. Putting your hand on a burning hot stove is a mistake because you will get hurt.
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Remember that you’re amazing! Your parents, your ex’s, toxic people etc. Don’t make them become you. You must let go of what they have done. You must move on from what they did. Don’t carry the poison of hurt expecting your life to change. One must heal, forgive and let go to make SPACE for a new life.

~Much Love from a Law of Attraction YouTuber
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Amen brother
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Thank you.
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Anyone remember Fen Phen?
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Yes make space for new! It seem like a loop and this story keeps on repeating, the only difference is the people and the places.
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Heaviest G-Check I have gotten in a long time.
Thank you, from the bottom of my heart. Gave me a new perspective, made me feel like a piece of shit, and forced me to take on the discomforts of reality, instead of finding ways of distracting myself through small releases of dopamine.
Thank you, old sport
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This is so fascinating. I overcame my opiate addiction using this idea that pain will turn into pleasure. That the pain I endure through withdrawals would be worth it. It is! I workout 5 days a week now and have a family. No longer am I the rat pressing the dopamine button in my head till nothing's left.
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That's really cool that you were able to consciously rewire your own thought process to overcome addiction.
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Thanks! I also microdosed psycilocybin every three days. It induced more neuroplasticity to help with the rewiring.
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How long did it take for you to notice recovery in neuroplasticity?
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6 months
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not bad. How long until you felt to be at your “normal” baseline?
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How does this work for people with chronic pain?
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Reminded me of a part of the serenity prayer longer version. "Accepting hardship as a pathway to peace."
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“We are selecting for people who can self regulate.” Been trying to put this idea into words myself but dr. Huberman nailed it!
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 Misogyny much
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Oh man, you missed the point entirely. Self-regulation does not equal conformity. In fact - increasingly - since self-destructive indulgence is arguably a new cultural norm, self-regulation is nonconformist.
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Thank you all for helping.
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I'm pretty sure jobs are a way to hide the fact they can't..
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REMINDS OLD KIDS WHO WILL SUCEED PUT MARSHMALLOW IN FRONT TELL THEM YOU CAN EAT RIGHT AWAY OR WAIT 5 MINUTES AND THEN WE GIVE YOU TWO IF YOU CAN WAIT...FOUND MOST SUCESSFUL SELF REGULATE WILLING AN ABLE TO BE SELF DISCIPLINE AS YEARS PASSED KIDS MORE SUCESSFUL BALANCED FOR KIDS ABLE OR COULD WOULD CHOSE TO WAIT MUCH HAD MUCH BETTER LIVES WILLING ABLE TO WAIT WORK SEEMS THIS IS SAYING THING AN DONT GO DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE TO STINKING NEG THINKING
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This video is a game-changer!  Never knew sleep and quality nutrition were so important for dopamine. 'The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.' - Jimmy Johnson. Time to prioritize those healthy habits
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This may come off as sappy and nostalgic but the best years of my life (I'm 30 now) were high school. A regular sleep/wake cycle, 6 hours of "pain" at school, an hour of social time then 2 hours of exercise. The hours from 5 or 6 to 10pm were so meaningful to me, the joy of relaxation at home with family and video games have thus far only been rivaled with drugs.
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Huberman’s insight on how unlimited access to pleasure dampens motivation is spot-on. It’s a reminder that sometimes stepping back from instant gratification can help us find deeper satisfaction in our goals
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Psychedelics are just an exceptional mental health breakthrough. It's quite fascinating how effective they are against depression and anxiety. Saved my life.
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Its a scam bro
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Yeah, more dope. That’s the answer.
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would be insane to give a guy like that boomers (mushrooms). Think!
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Yeah, more dope. That’s the answer….
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YES
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In essence, this captures the spirit of Karma Yoga: focus on the work without attachment to the outcome. The video beautifully conveys that the journey itself is the reward.
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