Your brain fires dopamine at ~2ng/mL baseline…
Porn spikes it to 1,500
Cocaine, 1,200
Alcohol, 300
Short form video, 200
Fast food, 150
Stack these up over 5-10 years.
It’s obvious why “normal” feels so doom and gloom;
And living properly feels like withdrawal.
You need to understand dopamine isn’t about pleasure;
It’s the molecule of wanting more.
Every cheap hit makes your receptors fire harder for less reward.
By 30, most people in this generation have the reward sensitivity of an addict…
Your phone triggers a dopamine release every 6 seconds you hold it;
Same pathway as addictive substances.
Same downregulation curve.
The only difference is you have no one telling you that you’re using…
Please:
If you’re not working.
Take every opportunity you get to walk outside, get some sun, or go do something with real people…
How much more of your life are you willing to lose to counterproductive habits?
Same you, but fastr.