Thread by @deep_develop

If you lack motivation to do most things or no longer enjoy the simple things in life:

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You must get gremlins off the pain side of your pleasure‐pain seesaw by doing one of two things:

➡️ PURSUE PAIN or ABSTAIN

#DopamineNation Part one:

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PURSUE PAIN
#AnnaLembke says, “Pressing on the pain side of the balance can lead to its opposite —pleasure.
Unlike pressing on the pleasure side, the dopamine that comes from pain is indirect and potentially more enduring.” 3/7

When you explore the following methods to pursue intermittent pain, you startle the gremlins camping out on the pain side of the pleasure‐pain seesaw and get them to jump over to the pleasure side:
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1.Turn down the temperature on the gremlins by plunging your body into an ice bath or enduring a cold shower for several minutes

The initial shock you experience will be followed by a gradual 200% rise in dopamine(equivalent to the dopamine rise one gets by snorting cocaine,
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but unlike cocaine, you don’t experience a massive dopamine deficit afterward)

1. Turn up the temperature on the gremlins by vigorously exercising and sweating for several minutes.
Voluntary exercise leads to a gradual 100‐200% rise in dopamine.
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3. Briefly starving the gremlins by intermittent fasting (consuming only water and electrolytes) for 16‐20 hours.

Your energy will paradoxically rise at the tail end of the fast and you will get tremendous pleasure from simple foods (like broccoli or blueberries)
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