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If you lack motivation to do most things or no longer enjoy the simple things in life:
#DopamineNation,
PART TWO
Thread (1/12)
#DopamineNation,
PART TWO
Thread (1/12)
You must get gremlins off the pain side of your pleasure-pain seesaw by doing one of two things:
✔️ Pursued or Abstain.
Part one pinned on my profile and this is part two:
ABSTAIN
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✔️ Pursued or Abstain.
Part one pinned on my profile and this is part two:
ABSTAIN
(2/12)
Abstaining is intermittent dopamine fasting temporarily avoiding dopamine spikes so the gremlins get bored and leave the pain side of your pleasure-pain seesaw - until you regain a baseline level of motivation to do simple things.
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If you lack motivation to do most things or no longer enjoy the simple things in life:
Thread (1/7)
Thread (1/7)
You must get gremlins off the pain side of your pleasure‐pain seesaw by doing one of two things:
➡️ PURSUE PAIN or ABSTAIN
#DopamineNation Part one:
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➡️ PURSUE PAIN or ABSTAIN
#DopamineNation Part one:
2/7
PURSUE PAIN
#AnnaLembke says, “Pressing on the pain side of the balance can lead to its opposite —pleasure.
Unlike pressing on the pleasure side, the dopamine that comes from pain is indirect and potentially more enduring.” 3/7
#AnnaLembke says, “Pressing on the pain side of the balance can lead to its opposite —pleasure.
Unlike pressing on the pleasure side, the dopamine that comes from pain is indirect and potentially more enduring.” 3/7
