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| Topic | Is addiction a disease? |
| Sahuagin 12/22/18 7:15:49 PM #17: | hard to explain this without writing an essay, but quickly, addiction is a hijacking of your brain's learning process. (not 100% sure of all this but it's a cool idea). things that are addictive give you unearned super potent releases of dopamine. and *dopamine works by reinforcing the mental pathways that led to its release*. IE: things that are addictive manage to reinforce their own future causation. it's like a weird form of time travel where a thing brings about its own recurrence. it's a positive feedback causality loop. --- ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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