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>>55149383
>You are simply an ape in a Skinner box clicking for dopamine shots.
The worst part is that I've done extensive research on dopamine and can name all the horrific effects sustained spikes can cause. I just know that dopamine receptor upregulation takes weeks to months to play out, and that period can be hell on earth. Just need to take the leap I guess
>>55149570
I can even argue that video games are worse than porn in some regards (both are poison). The main threat video games pose is the sense of progression and accomplishment they give, particularly if you get hooked on an RPG. As I'm finding out, if you train your own brain that the intense dopamine releases you give can be attained through low risk behavior, you're going down a really bad path which can seriously fuck up how you emotionally view reward and risk. You essentially get trapped in a low risk/low reward quadrant, where any adult task becomes like the pits of hell in terms of effort required (why study 4 hours when I'm literally killing dragons?) . The good news is that this of course can be healed, but the process isn't easy. Porn does the same risk/reward damage, but with your ability to talk to women (because why ever talk to a chick when you're busting nuts in 20 10/10 females every night according to your brain).

Dopamine is a tricky molecule. It has the capacity to make us mega chads of work ethic, or annihilte our work ethic. I'm working on readjusting mine. WAGMI

BTW this is a Finnish doctor who posts this thread every day >>55069386
>wanted to be a doc when I grow up
>go through tons of shit, rough breakup, etc... and spend most of my 20s in depressed NEET state or working shit jobs
>just now got accepted to uni at 29 after finally stabilizing my life
>in leafland where rent is at retard levels

I don't even know if I want it anymore. Anyway thanks for making me feel like shit yet again OP