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Will anything ever stop & reverse the dopamine addictions?
Posted on 12/14/24 at 7:05 pm
Posted on 12/14/24 at 7:05 pm
Constant focus on social media likes, porn, video games, all things digital, etc. is killing people's motivation and handcuffing them to their devices.
Is there anyway this trend can actually reverse itself and get the world back to more of a focus of the real world and human interactions?
It seems that companies have become so adept at exploiting the role of dopamine that people have become more addicted to select vices which in turn causea more of a need for dopamine rushes. A self feeding cycle.
Is there anyway this trend can actually reverse itself and get the world back to more of a focus of the real world and human interactions?
It seems that companies have become so adept at exploiting the role of dopamine that people have become more addicted to select vices which in turn causea more of a need for dopamine rushes. A self feeding cycle.
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Posted on 12/14/24 at 7:05 pm to BurningHeart
No
Posted on 12/14/24 at 7:08 pm to BurningHeart
Yes, WWIII
Posted on 12/14/24 at 7:09 pm to BurningHeart
The Iron Sky
Posted on 12/14/24 at 7:12 pm to BurningHeart
How? First it was social media, then the pandemic, soon it’ll be AI. Human interaction? Get back behind the screen
Posted on 12/14/24 at 7:15 pm to Methedup77
Mankind fell due to an apple, brother. We're fricked.
Posted on 12/14/24 at 7:15 pm to BurningHeart
Kinda judgey.
Posted on 12/14/24 at 7:28 pm to BurningHeart
I mean we are probably fricked, but brains will probably evolve eventually. I’m sure at one point people thought listening to the radio all day would rot your brain.
Posted on 12/14/24 at 7:31 pm to BurningHeart
Honestly, I was able to reset after removing Instagram from my phone. The platform is TERRIBLE on desktop so I quickly stopped visiting it much at all. Now I check it once or twice a week and don’t get that weird urge I used to get to scroll it mindlessly for 20-30 minutes.
I’ve filled that time with more things around the house like laundry, cleaning up and reading (because I’m a POS working from home) and it’s been great.
That being said, it’s not magic. People need to make the change and sadly, most won’t.
I’ve filled that time with more things around the house like laundry, cleaning up and reading (because I’m a POS working from home) and it’s been great.
That being said, it’s not magic. People need to make the change and sadly, most won’t.
This post was edited on 12/14/24 at 7:32 pm
Posted on 12/14/24 at 7:37 pm to BurningHeart
I guess we’ll see when everyone has Neuralink but I doubt it. Just go when the light turns green, that’s all I ask.
Posted on 12/14/24 at 7:41 pm to BurningHeart
Video games are not bad for you. Like everything, in moderation. X isn't social media as much as it is a news source. Porn does nothing for me. I never watch.
Posted on 12/14/24 at 7:45 pm to BurningHeart
I quit a 10 year alcohol addiction and my wife gave up social media. Guess who had the most difficult time lol. She actually got jealous of tigerdroppings and now she lurks here to read threads
No one in my household has social media and we are better off for it. We went out today and found a Christmas tree in the mountains and brought it home.
No one in my household has social media and we are better off for it. We went out today and found a Christmas tree in the mountains and brought it home.
Posted on 12/14/24 at 7:47 pm to BurningHeart
Only when young people decide smart phones and social media isn’t cool anymore. It’s not impossible
Posted on 12/14/24 at 9:11 pm to BurningHeart
quote:No. Sure, individuals can find meaning in life without it, but as a society we basically live in Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World.
Will anything ever stop & reverse the dopamine addictions
Posted on 12/14/24 at 9:13 pm to BurningHeart
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Will anything ever stop & reverse the dopamine addictions?
Yes. Jesus. People need to come to Jesus when they are downtrodden and feeling helpless.
Posted on 12/14/24 at 9:20 pm to BurningHeart
Quitting cold turkey. It's painful and depressing for
like 4 months but you will feel normal after that sacrifice.
like 4 months but you will feel normal after that sacrifice.
Posted on 12/14/24 at 10:05 pm to Limitlesstigers
Went on a retreat years ago.
No phones for 4 days.
It was glorious.
Came back. Saw how much value it was without them.. I have no issue setting it down now and walk away. I routinely leave it at home if my wife is with me and she has hers.
It's awesome not having it in my pocket all day.
No phones for 4 days.
It was glorious.
Came back. Saw how much value it was without them.. I have no issue setting it down now and walk away. I routinely leave it at home if my wife is with me and she has hers.
It's awesome not having it in my pocket all day.
Posted on 12/14/24 at 10:06 pm to BurningHeart
You probably wont see it, but maybe your kids and certainly grand kids. By then technology will have advanced so much we won’t have jobs, and to find meaning we will have to pretend to have adversities, as some do now.
Posted on 12/14/24 at 10:10 pm to BurningHeart
I mean getting dopamine hits off video games is probably better than off cocaine or drugs.
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