Was really hoping there would be more substance to this. It's about as helpful as the solution to depression being "just stop feeling sorry for yourself!" Little better than the Protest Song-- "the world's going to shit, everything is awful, but all you have to do to fix it is...<mumble mumble mumble>."
That said, it's not wrong, just seriously low-effort and underwhelming. The same advice applies to healthy living-- ideally you want to reduce "cheap" dopamine hits (sugars, fats, etc.) and replace them with the rush you'd get from exercise. Some (can't speak for all) rehab clinics put patients to work doing menial physical labor (gardening, etc.) around the grounds for this purpose-- the intent is to replace their synthetic drug-based dopamine cravings with a self-generated and sustainable alternative. If nothing else it gives you something to do for a few weeks to get your mind off of the malaise that comes with withdrawal.
In the end, if you're feeling lazy and bored, no amount of advice from underqualified and overprivileged yahoos on the internet is going to get you off your ass enough to do something about it. There's a reason people end up in these ruts to begin with.
> In the end, if you're feeling lazy and bored, no amount of advice from underqualified and overprivileged yahoos on the internet is going to get you off your ass enough to do something about it.
I disagree that the content is worthless just because it doesn't have a lot of depth. Everyone knows that sugar is bad for you, but the idea that short-term dopamine - even when the activity doesn't have other obviously-negative side-effects - can be actively harmful to your mental health is a very counterintuitive one that I'd never thought about before, but which makes a lot of sense once presented.
>There's a reason people end up in these ruts to begin with.
Perhaps there is the lack of self-awareness that dopamine comes into play. This is where the (effective) simplicity of this article comes into the picture.
For me it's cigarettes, I mean smelling cigarettes smoked by people around, not me. There's surely some psyche behind, I've associated this smell and cigarettes with death
Hangovers, or alcohol? I find a glass in the evening to be like a second wind usually. It can put me in a relaxed, unstuck state. But I also generally stop right there, at a glass.
[+] [-] jstarfish|5 years ago|reply
That said, it's not wrong, just seriously low-effort and underwhelming. The same advice applies to healthy living-- ideally you want to reduce "cheap" dopamine hits (sugars, fats, etc.) and replace them with the rush you'd get from exercise. Some (can't speak for all) rehab clinics put patients to work doing menial physical labor (gardening, etc.) around the grounds for this purpose-- the intent is to replace their synthetic drug-based dopamine cravings with a self-generated and sustainable alternative. If nothing else it gives you something to do for a few weeks to get your mind off of the malaise that comes with withdrawal.
In the end, if you're feeling lazy and bored, no amount of advice from underqualified and overprivileged yahoos on the internet is going to get you off your ass enough to do something about it. There's a reason people end up in these ruts to begin with.
[+] [-] brundolf|5 years ago|reply
I disagree that the content is worthless just because it doesn't have a lot of depth. Everyone knows that sugar is bad for you, but the idea that short-term dopamine - even when the activity doesn't have other obviously-negative side-effects - can be actively harmful to your mental health is a very counterintuitive one that I'd never thought about before, but which makes a lot of sense once presented.
[+] [-] akman|5 years ago|reply
Perhaps there is the lack of self-awareness that dopamine comes into play. This is where the (effective) simplicity of this article comes into the picture.
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