Dr. Scott Lyons

And we have this whole physiological process called endorphins. Endorphins are those things that are releasing into your body to help you feel more pleasure, to feel pain relief and emotional warmth, actually. And it makes us feel more connected to each other. And those chemicals in our brain and our body are so significant for helping us relieve some of that underlying suffering.

And we have this whole physiological process called endorphins. Endorphins are those things that are releasing into your body to help you feel more pleasure, to feel pain relief and emotional warmth, actually. And it makes us feel more connected to each other. And those chemicals in our brain and our body are so significant for helping us relieve some of that underlying suffering.

And if we've had childhood wounds or trauma like most of us, yeah, we're running on a continuous process of unprocessed trauma that it constantly elicits a sense of pain. It's in our brain, we're going, we are in constant pain. That is being registered. And so Understanding that we are in constant search for the things that could relieve us from that pain.

And if we've had childhood wounds or trauma like most of us, yeah, we're running on a continuous process of unprocessed trauma that it constantly elicits a sense of pain. It's in our brain, we're going, we are in constant pain. That is being registered. And so Understanding that we are in constant search for the things that could relieve us from that pain.

And if we've had childhood wounds or trauma like most of us, yeah, we're running on a continuous process of unprocessed trauma that it constantly elicits a sense of pain. It's in our brain, we're going, we are in constant pain. That is being registered. And so Understanding that we are in constant search for the things that could relieve us from that pain.

One of the other components of addiction is dopamine, right? It's a neurotransmitter associated with reward and motivation and pleasure again. Notice how we're talking about those two neurotransmitters are about pleasure seeking or moving away from pain. And that's so essential. And even busyness. Yeah, I'm doing more and more and more and more. I'm going to all these social events.

One of the other components of addiction is dopamine, right? It's a neurotransmitter associated with reward and motivation and pleasure again. Notice how we're talking about those two neurotransmitters are about pleasure seeking or moving away from pain. And that's so essential. And even busyness. Yeah, I'm doing more and more and more and more. I'm going to all these social events.

One of the other components of addiction is dopamine, right? It's a neurotransmitter associated with reward and motivation and pleasure again. Notice how we're talking about those two neurotransmitters are about pleasure seeking or moving away from pain. And that's so essential. And even busyness. Yeah, I'm doing more and more and more and more. I'm going to all these social events.

I'm doing all these work activities. I am doing... And the doing keeps me away from the feeling. And so I get another dopamine hit because the feeling that I would be feeling if I could is likely the things I've been avoiding for a long time. And that's painful.

I'm doing all these work activities. I am doing... And the doing keeps me away from the feeling. And so I get another dopamine hit because the feeling that I would be feeling if I could is likely the things I've been avoiding for a long time. And that's painful.

I'm doing all these work activities. I am doing... And the doing keeps me away from the feeling. And so I get another dopamine hit because the feeling that I would be feeling if I could is likely the things I've been avoiding for a long time. And that's painful.

So if you think about maybe some of your earliest environments, the ways in which you became familiar with your family, with the people around you, with the environment, and we call that the baseline experience. Yeah. So if I grew up in a chaotic household like I did, where there was a lot of physical abuse and alcohol and drugs, that was my baseline way of knowing how the world works.

So if you think about maybe some of your earliest environments, the ways in which you became familiar with your family, with the people around you, with the environment, and we call that the baseline experience. Yeah. So if I grew up in a chaotic household like I did, where there was a lot of physical abuse and alcohol and drugs, that was my baseline way of knowing how the world works.

So if you think about maybe some of your earliest environments, the ways in which you became familiar with your family, with the people around you, with the environment, and we call that the baseline experience. Yeah. So if I grew up in a chaotic household like I did, where there was a lot of physical abuse and alcohol and drugs, that was my baseline way of knowing how the world works.

And there's a way in which I'm going to find that I'm going to seek it out consistently. You know, we can think of, Freud talked about it as repetition compulsion. We keep going towards the familiar in hopes that we can eventually find something else. That's why we keep entering into these same relationships over and over again, hoping that next one will be a better person.

And there's a way in which I'm going to find that I'm going to seek it out consistently. You know, we can think of, Freud talked about it as repetition compulsion. We keep going towards the familiar in hopes that we can eventually find something else. That's why we keep entering into these same relationships over and over again, hoping that next one will be a better person.

And there's a way in which I'm going to find that I'm going to seek it out consistently. You know, we can think of, Freud talked about it as repetition compulsion. We keep going towards the familiar in hopes that we can eventually find something else. That's why we keep entering into these same relationships over and over again, hoping that next one will be a better person.

But the reality is until we've addressed the why we're seeking those people unintentionally, we're going to keep repeating the same pattern. So, Chaos is a familiar hell. And we will always chase the familiar hell because anything else feels like an attack to our nervous system.

But the reality is until we've addressed the why we're seeking those people unintentionally, we're going to keep repeating the same pattern. So, Chaos is a familiar hell. And we will always chase the familiar hell because anything else feels like an attack to our nervous system.

But the reality is until we've addressed the why we're seeking those people unintentionally, we're going to keep repeating the same pattern. So, Chaos is a familiar hell. And we will always chase the familiar hell because anything else feels like an attack to our nervous system.