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> like most addictions, you have a tenuous association with enjoyment and the behaviour but mostly it leaves you very dissatisfied There's a whole bunch of res
by schoen 5y ago
> like most addictions, you have a tenuous association with enjoyment and the behaviour but mostly it leaves you very dissatisfied
There's a whole bunch of research and writing lately about "wanting versus liking", describing these two emotions related to experiences and behaviors as distinct.
When people encounter that distinction, most of us can think of things that we like much more than we want, or that we want much more than we like.
- steve_adams_86 5y agoI listened to an interesting podcast the other day by Andrew Huberman in which he talks about dopamine being a motivating chemical (motivates you to do whatever triggered it again) rather than a pleasure chemical, which it’s often thought to be. It’s apparently very much a want over a like situation, which seems to explain the potential lack of enjoyment. I’m not a neuroscientist so I’ll butcher this if I say more, but in terms of want vs like I found it really fascinating.