Re:Origins of the myth of dopamine as the ‘pleasure chemical’
by coldtea on Sunday April 15, 2018 @12:53PM
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>And yet this theory cannot answer some simple questions, like, why there are people who actually get off opioids? How is it possible, if opioid is the "ultimate goal" of the brain and it "literally done trying to do anything", how does anyone ever get off it?
Through huge pain and with huge effort, and often substantial help from others. Besides, it's few who do.
Not to mention that even getting off those opioids doesn't mean that your life is NOT "controlled by chemicals." Other chemicals played a role in getting you off.
Through huge pain and with huge effort, and often substantial help from others. Besides, it's few who do.
Not to mention that even getting off those opioids doesn't mean that your life is NOT "controlled by chemicals." Other chemicals played a role in getting you off.