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Perseverance often leads to a type of pseudo-meditation. When you work very hard towards a goal such as weight loss through exercise, you have to focus on one t
by nickff 6y ago
Perseverance often leads to a type of pseudo-meditation. When you work very hard towards a goal such as weight loss through exercise, you have to focus on one thing, and this can be almost meditative. This is one reason people find things like running or swimming to be 'relaxing', even though they're also 'tiring'.
- Aperocky 6y agoI don't have a reference but I read exercise generate dopamine and that's what gets people to like them.
- nickff 6y agoThat’s also true; it’s commonly known as a “runner’s high”.
- WalterSear 6y agoThe runner's high is understood to be a endocannabinoid/endorphin cascade. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-brain-effects-behind-runner-s-high/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-brain-effects... Dopamine is mostly involved in anticipatory qualia.
- charliemil4 6y agoThis only works if the feedback loop is closed - as in you see a trend line, correlation, something (anything) that allows you to see value in your perseverance. If you get no feedback after years on end... watch out There are too many religions that glorify martyrdom where destruction of self can be seen as a honorable end. This when coupled with these grit narratives, make for very scary things. The internal dialog must be carefully tuned to a feedback system. And not just any feedback system, one of the individuals chasing (a is intentional). Without proper nurturing, one begins to lose the self - leading to many terrible things.
- rrrrrrrrrrrryan 6y ago"Develop the strength to do bold things, not the strength to suffer."