Addiction and Balance

Re:Addiction and Balance by kloch on Monday May 09, 2022 @10:18AM (#31314293)

> People can be addicted to ANYTHING that releases dopamine. And we are all doing it constantly in an unnatural way. > > This means that everything that triggers in you an excited, focused, joyful moment can be addicting.

Oh no, not this again. Dopamine isn't the thing that makes you feel euphoric, that comes from opioids.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/women-who-stray/20...

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Re:Addiction and Balance by raelmiu on Monday May 09, 2022 @11:40AM (#31315547)

I don't mention euphoric at all, Scott Alexander mentions it but I think he's talking about a general pleasant impulse rather than euphoria.

Are you saying dopamine does not work like this?

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Re:Addiction and Balance by raelmiu on Monday May 09, 2022 @11:43AM (#31315584)

I see. Reading the article you linked I understand the frustration.

This dopamine view is a little oversimplified.

Does is significantly change the argument though? Even if dopamine is not the mechanism, the activities are still pleasurable?

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