Hooked on Dopamine đ§
Imagine a married couple lying in bed together.
After a long silence.
No action.
The husband turns to his wife and asks.
âWhatâs wrong, you canât think of anyone else either?â
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I think that joke is funny and extremely sad at the same time.
It relates as to how we get stuck in our loops of monotony and can no longer find the spark in something we do or have done numerous amounts of times.
I personally think that it comes from our inability to not be âwowedâ by things. It takes so much to get our dopamine to seriously spike.
Never in the history of civilization has our frontal lobes been entertained, yanked and overused to the point of extreme boredom.
If we get bored within an instance we can bring up an entire library of movies, music, or stand up comedy to entertain us.
Does that bore you?
Jump on social media and scroll through to see how your friends are quarantining.
Does that bore you?
One can even jump on Spotify and listen to the entire catalog of human created music.
The ways to escape never ends.
How does one stop the dopamine spikes, you might ask???!!!
The only effective way to stop dopamine spikes is to do a hard reset on the brain.
When your mind begins to crave these hits and when the hit isnât rewarded your will and inner drive is depleted.
So, how do you pull off a dopamine spike?
Well, you have to unplug NEO.
Step out of the Matrix for 24 hrs.
Or hell, if 24 hrs. is too much for you, then try a 12 hr. step-out.
When I say âstep out of the matrixâ, I mean totally being out of stimulation.
No phone. No internet. No books. No Netflix. No Spotify.
NOTHING THAT MAKES YOUR DOPAMINE SPIKE.
Try it.
When you finish, I swear that youâll feel superior and you wonât be so self-reliant.
Youâll feel as if youâre being led by the nose through life.
Itâs an out-of-body experience, but worth a try.
Hard reset on the mind.
Let me know your thoughts if you do a 24 or 12 hr. reset, but please do a reset.
Iâve had people get offended when I brought this up as an option, so Iâd really like to know your opinion on this.
Can you do it?
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