TJ Power

the problem with really frequently engaging with the dopamine is it effectively works similar to a car engine where if you took like a manual car like a gear stick car and every morning you got in that car and you didn't put it into gear but you just started revving the engine which is like making it room every day

the problem with really frequently engaging with the dopamine is it effectively works similar to a car engine where if you took like a manual car like a gear stick car and every morning you got in that car and you didn't put it into gear but you just started revving the engine which is like making it room every day

After a few weeks, that engine would begin to burn out and it literally wouldn't work anymore. Eventually it would stop working completely, but eventually over that period of time, it would just break down and break down. Really frequent dopamine hits, the quick, easy ones like social media and sugar and pornography and so on, are like that.

After a few weeks, that engine would begin to burn out and it literally wouldn't work anymore. Eventually it would stop working completely, but eventually over that period of time, it would just break down and break down. Really frequent dopamine hits, the quick, easy ones like social media and sugar and pornography and so on, are like that.

And they're just revving the engine way too hard, way too hard without actually making the car go forward and achieve something. And then if you actually think about that over time, the engine gets weaker and weaker. So then when you do have a great moment in your career or relationship or in a sports match, it doesn't even feel that good because you've effectively broken the system.

And they're just revving the engine way too hard, way too hard without actually making the car go forward and achieve something. And then if you actually think about that over time, the engine gets weaker and weaker. So then when you do have a great moment in your career or relationship or in a sports match, it doesn't even feel that good because you've effectively broken the system.

And if you want a life that feels really rewarding and fulfilling, we have to get the dopamine in check. Otherwise, our life feels all like numb and boring.

And if you want a life that feels really rewarding and fulfilling, we have to get the dopamine in check. Otherwise, our life feels all like numb and boring.

yes for sure it will make you number and number over time the more dopamine especially this quick dopamine if we were separating it into quick dopamine being i feel pleasure immediately and slow dopamine meaning i feel pleasure after a period of time you could even take a niche example of sex and pornography sex is something that you have to start engaging with that person you get intimate with them you kiss and so on eventually you find yourself in a nice experience of having sex

yes for sure it will make you number and number over time the more dopamine especially this quick dopamine if we were separating it into quick dopamine being i feel pleasure immediately and slow dopamine meaning i feel pleasure after a period of time you could even take a niche example of sex and pornography sex is something that you have to start engaging with that person you get intimate with them you kiss and so on eventually you find yourself in a nice experience of having sex

pornography is you've seen something on instagram and then you're on pornography within 10 seconds and the stimulation has risen extremely fast so one would be slow dopamine eventually you experience pleasure one would be quick and then a crash and if you're looking at your day overdoing the quick causes that numb deflated inattention and then having the slow dopamine not meaning having sex all day but doing some other activities that are rewarding for you is going to lead to a much more like fulfilling experience

pornography is you've seen something on instagram and then you're on pornography within 10 seconds and the stimulation has risen extremely fast so one would be slow dopamine eventually you experience pleasure one would be quick and then a crash and if you're looking at your day overdoing the quick causes that numb deflated inattention and then having the slow dopamine not meaning having sex all day but doing some other activities that are rewarding for you is going to lead to a much more like fulfilling experience

This is interesting. Humans have had access to these quick dopaminergic behaviors for about one or 200 years, the first being sort of alcohol and cigarettes.

This is interesting. Humans have had access to these quick dopaminergic behaviors for about one or 200 years, the first being sort of alcohol and cigarettes.

And sugar. Sugar was significant. Sugar altered into the more ultra-processed food version of sugar now, like fructose, corn syrup, and these kind of things is even more extreme for a dopamine point of view. But I would say if we look at society and we look at mental health, the most significant change that's brand new is short video content on social media.

And sugar. Sugar was significant. Sugar altered into the more ultra-processed food version of sugar now, like fructose, corn syrup, and these kind of things is even more extreme for a dopamine point of view. But I would say if we look at society and we look at mental health, the most significant change that's brand new is short video content on social media.

I think that's the thing that has massively shifted the world from a mental health standpoint. And if you look at your relationship with your phone before and after COVID, COVID was the era of short video being created. And also in these moments, I appreciate the irony of the fact I literally make short video content. So it's like a tricky situation.

I think that's the thing that has massively shifted the world from a mental health standpoint. And if you look at your relationship with your phone before and after COVID, COVID was the era of short video being created. And also in these moments, I appreciate the irony of the fact I literally make short video content. So it's like a tricky situation.

But if we look at the frequency of engagement with that behavior, we're going to cause the greatest dopamine disruption. Because where alcohol really has a big effect and pornography has a really big effect, you're unlikely to engage with that behavior 50 times a day. Whereas if you look at the phone, it is more destructive for society because of how often we're going on it.

But if we look at the frequency of engagement with that behavior, we're going to cause the greatest dopamine disruption. Because where alcohol really has a big effect and pornography has a really big effect, you're unlikely to engage with that behavior 50 times a day. Whereas if you look at the phone, it is more destructive for society because of how often we're going on it.