Dopamine hits are definitely a path to depression.
Immediate gratification, especially if it’s semi-randomly applied, rewires the brain to specialize it for low-effort-low-reward activities, which basically makes success in the real world less likely, making the real world overwhelming, leading to a partial freeze response which is aka depression.
Dopamine hits are definitely a path to depression.
Immediate gratification, especially if it’s semi-randomly applied, rewires the brain to specialize it for low-effort-low-reward activities, which basically makes success in the real world less likely, making the real world overwhelming, leading to a partial freeze response which is aka depression.
Going from a top ten President in Obama to the worst of all time will do that.
Not really. I recommend reading Man’s Search for Meaning by Victor Frankl for a powerful discussion of the decoupling of circumstances and spirit.
Long story short is the horrors we’ve all experienced under Trump are nothing compared to the horrors our brains evolved to handle.