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You're 100% right, and, I can say that my own experience is that correlating my own exposure to stimuli I have found fear-inducing, while on dopamine-modulati
by aaroninsf 1y ago
You're 100% right,
and,
I can say that my own experience is that correlating my own exposure to stimuli I have found fear-inducing, while on dopamine-modulating drugs,
has proven highly efficacious in overcoming those fears.
No A/B, results may vary, etc.,
but personally I have had life-changing results.
- aaroninsf 1y agoIf one were to assume—which I recognize we certainly can't—that there was in fact some sort of causality here, one interpretation would be that some specific drugs operate on relevant aspects of (or modulate the behavior of) the stipulated systems in a manner consistent with the desired outcome, which allows for a neat summary in casual language, regardless of the complicated specific internal mechanisms.
- wyan 1y agoWhat types of dopamine-modulating drugs are we talking about, if it's ok to ask?
- Aurornis 1y agoWithout details it’s impossible to know what you’re talking about, but it should be noted that the early phases of using stimulants or abuse-pattern usage (e.g. doubling doses before doing something, or even taking cocaine or other recreational drugs) is well-known to be associated with a heightened sense of confidence. This doesn’t work forever (tolerance) and other people will experience the opposite effect with heightened anxiety. If you want an example of why it’s not a blanket true statement or an easy solution for fear extinction, consider that stimulant use at excess dosages or abuse-pattern usage frequently ends in paranoia, where users are in such deep fear that they start sensing danger everywhere.