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Many people overlook the term 'breakfast'. It's a combination of the words 'breaking your fast'. Dopamine starving happens during deep sleep, so we do it anyway
by DerekBickerton 5y ago
Many people overlook the term 'breakfast'. It's a combination of the words 'breaking your fast'. Dopamine starving happens during deep sleep, so we do it anyway just as we starve ourselves of food whilst sleeping, so I don't see the point of doing dopamine fasts outside of sleep.
- krrrh 5y agoThere are health benefits to periodically fasting from food for longer than the 8 hours spent sleeping. Many Jewish people who practice Shabbat extol the modern benefits of staying offline for 36 hours every week. Why assume that a daily 8 hour sleep window is The optimal break for everything?
- majou 5y agoFinding dopamine offline probably has more immediate benefits than "fasting" dopamine. Maybe they're just different versions of the same thing: finding more elusive dopamine rewards. I do agree that disconnecting from technology is a good practice.
- selfhifive 5y agoThat is the whole point of it. To fight against the dopamine saturation to enjoy everyday pleasures.