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What Is A Dopamine Detox?
+ Does It Really Work?
In the 21st century, humanity has perfected the art of getting people addicted.
It started with the discovery of the wanting-hormone dopamine by the Swedish scientists Arvid Carlsson and Nils-Ake Hillarp in 1958.
60 years later we have a company like Meta which is employing some of the smartest people on earth to find ways to hack your mind with cheap dopamine rewards.
How does Dopamine work?
Dopamine is part of the body’s wanting system. It propels you to take action. This is of course necessary for our survival because it motivates us to do things. Dopamine is the driving fuel for humans and animals alike. It encourages us to act. Without this hormone, we wouldn’t even have the drive to get a Ben & Jerry’s from the fridge.
We wish to have something, so we do something to get it.
In general, we humans want more than we are satisfied with:
- more food,
- more pleasure,
- more sex.
You get the point! That made a lot of sense in our evolutionary history because in the past humans had hardly any time to rest and think about their fulfilled life.
