Dopamine Responsibly
Dopamine Responsibly
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How is sleep considered cheap? You have to pay a monthly subscription for the right to sleep, it's called rent.
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How is sleep considered a source of dopamine?
A quick search yielded it helps reset and balance dopamine receptors but not that it provides any.
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I had the same thought about therapy. Like who says that's a dopamine source? Feels like they just added random activities here. How about ice skating or baking as well?
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helps reset and balance dopamine receptors
I mean, its sort of like asking how a tune-up for your car provides transportation.
If you're receptors are burnt out, your ability to process dopamine is severely inhibited.
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It’s not a list of sources. It’s a list of dopamine management methods.
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It's my body's natural reaction whenever it doesn't get enough dopamine.
Are we still driving down this highway? Screw that, we're going to sleep.
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Homeless people sleep too.
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I realised at the rate I go through shoes I have a subscription for my feet.
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LOL, you do have a point 👍
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That's called shelter. What you do in this shelter is your choice...
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I get your point, but in many areas shelter is not an option, it's mandatory. Get caught sleeping on a park bench or out in the woods, straight to jail..
Sleep is a necessary biological function, but you're not allowed to do that in public or on property you don't rent or own in most places.
Hey I don't make the rules, if anything I don't mind homeless people popping a tent up out in the woods (which itself is technically shelter from rain, snow, etc), as long as they're not causing harm, committing crime, or leaving trash all around..
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Yoda: "There is another."
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Star Wars Movie Marathon?
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Another, there is.
https://lingojam.com/EnglishtoYoda
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I have a reservation about the Y-value for “Hobbies.” 😁
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It should probably be a smear that extends the entire height of the graph. I like birding, which can be totally free, and Magic:TG, which can be a pit that consumes many thousands of dollars.
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Needs to be another axis representing how “easy” it is to show if it requires any effort to do
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It's basically the opposite of addictive. Addictive stuff is easy, because it quickly becomes a "need" not just something you theoretically want to do but can't really be bothered right now.
Even 'fun' stuff like TV shows, I can 'want' to catch up on shows, or finish the series I was loving, but if its down to choosing and making myself get round to it, I won't. But when suddenly I get a hyper focus on some old show and I binge forty episodes in a weekend it's 'easy'. What's hard is stopping, which I guess means I'm kinda in addict mode (until I overdo it and get board and abandon the watchthrough a few episodes from the end).
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I got one that is easy and actually saves you money. Foraging wild fruits. Looking at making some sloe jelly soon, ordered some cheesecloth and just waiting for that to arrive so I can strain the juice.
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COCAIIIIIINNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!'
COKE COKE COKE CCCCCCOOOOOOOOCCCCCAAAAAIIIIINNNNEEEEEE!!!!!!!!
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She don't lie, she don't lie, she don't lie.
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You ever tried it?
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Addictive and sustainable aren't opposites. If anything, addictiveness makes some things MORE sustainable. Coffee drinking is WAY more sustainable of a habit than exercise and meditation
This whole graph is nonsense
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You and I must have different hobbies
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you forgot sex
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Depending on their situation, I think everyone would put their sex dot in a unique position, and none of them would be wrong.
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Ah yes, here's the updated graph after plotting all the points where "sex" can go:
(You may need to be in light mode to see it better)
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Wait... people get dopamine from exercise?!
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It's just a meme. Literally not science at all. Not even close.
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I feel it more now that I'm exercising unmedicated (against my wishes, but oh well). Anyway, I'm pretty much raw dogging everything, so when I do my little exercise routine with the dumbbell by my desk, I'm surprised at how noticeably better I feel.
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People do be different.
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If social media was so addictive why am I not on it right now?
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It's quite convenient and self-serving to not label Lemmy as social media.
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No citation needed for overt pseudo-science.
https://judbrewer.substack.com/p/the-dopamine-myth-it-doesnt-make
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With the price of housing I think sleep should be listed as a high-cost activity
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What does sleep or meditation have to do with dopamine?
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It's all pseudo-scientific nonsense.
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I'd argue that processed food (really, ultra processed food) is much more addictive and much less cheap then the chart implies
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Therapy more expensive than hobbies?
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in america
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I can't think of that many hobbies that cost more per hour than therapy does.
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40k models
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Ah, but you've forgotten the most crucial item. Listening to "Boyfriend gets hit by a meteor and fucking does ASMR".
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Sleep ain't cheap! Sleep is a luxury for people with No dependents and the time to prioritize.
I think we might need to add a few more axises, as we're missing one for "potency" and one for "accessibility". Sleep and exercise tend to require a large chunk of uninterrupted time and focus. Breathwork and meditations great for getting through a short-term spike in stress but significantly less potent than caffeine, food, or alcohol. Quality therapy is good precisely because it is supposed to be highly potent in relatively small doses. But, even more than cost, its often something a prospective patient struggles to find.
Social media and consumerism are addictive because they are so heavily immersive, which is useful when you're attempting to block anxiety out. Meanwhile, Learning and Hobbies can require a certain degree of focus that someone staring down a panic attack has difficulty bringing to bare.
*axes
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I wonder if axises will be considered correct one day, kind of like what happened with indices and indexes.
Even a little exercise does a lot already. Just five minutes of stretching, jumping around, dancing, or push-ups does wonders. Just as with breathwork and meditation, exercise can be done several times a day. Duration can be varied as well from 1 minute to 20.
Anything is better than nothing. But you're fooling yourself if you think a guy popping squats for five minutes a day is going to compare to someone with a full hour and comfortable accommodations for a yoga session. Hell, the difference between 10 min and 20 mins is really substantial in terms of how my back feels at the end of it.
Come on. You can barely get your pulse up inside a minute. That's not any kind of workout.