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"Real human glow" is so nonspecific, as if you were inviting a flame war on purpose
by Kinrany 3y ago
"Real human glow" is so nonspecific, as if you were inviting a flame war on purpose
- erokar 3y agoYet most will intuitively and immediately grasp its meaning.
- ravishi 3y agoAnyone who's experienced it will understand. I've described it as feeling like you're thin, stretched, like butter spread over too much bread. And people promptly reply "like a robot, am I right". It's definitely a thing.
- gizajob 3y agoNonspecific, but I understood it.
- joenot443 3y agoI'm a pretty middling writer, I wasn't sure how best to describe this concept. Again, this is from secondary anecdotes, I'm rephrasing something I was told by a friend. If I were to reach for examples, I might say this human glow is fostered when holding your brother's baby for the first time, or watching the sunrise after a morning hike, or making a speech at a cousin's wedding. It's rewarding and fulfilling in a way entirely compartmentalized from the feeling stimulants provide. My understanding is that stims tend to make us prioritize activities which are more artificially rewarding. Writing code, playing Dota, arguing online - all of these things feel great while on stims, but are spiritually empty in a way that I find difficult to explain to people who are already using. That's the reason that despite an ADHD diagnosis in my youth I never picked up the stuff. Life is so short and almost none of its best parts are experienced behind the computer.
- Kinrany 3y agoThis sounds like the exact opposite of the effect ADHD medication should have! Thank you for the explanation though. I think I was being unfair