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Sure, but do you find video games more interesting when thirsty? Does chocolate tastes better when eaten without good company? The argument is that lumping eve
by mattkrause 5y ago
Sure, but do you find video games more interesting when thirsty? Does chocolate tastes better when eaten without good company?
The argument is that lumping everything together is unnecessary: you can disconnect from different things at different times. I’d say this is true for the biochemistry too: dopamine has myriad roles and avoiding flash photography to reduce retinal dopamine release seems…unlikely to relate to mood.
Heck, about half of dopamine isn’t even in the brain: it’s got a big role in the gut and pancreas too!
- Zababa 5y agoInteresting. I would say that video games aren't more interesting when thirsty. On the other hand, depending on the moment, video games, chocolate, having a good company and social media can all fill a certain void, that I wouldn't encounter if I disconnected from each of the things separately. I think that's what might be meant by dopamine fasting, though the "dopamine" term focuses a bit too much on the supposed origin of the feeling instead of the feeling itself.