Comments by "SmallSpoonBrigade" (@SmallSpoonBrigade) on "The 'Dopamine Detox' trend needs to end." video.

  1. You're probably right about the delayed gratification, it's one of the reasons why visualizing yourself completing a task can lead to procrastination as the brain itself doesn't know the difference between that and actually completing it. It's often better to imagine yourself doing the work in a way that you enjoy, or at least don't mind so much.
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  2. I don't think any of what is in the video should be taken to say that people can't have imbalances for one reason or another. Just that a generally healthy person doesn't need to detox. And really, even then you wouldn't be detoxing so much as recognizing that certain behavior patterns are not helpful and reduce them because of that. In terms of dopamine, it is more of a molecule that encourages people to seek out rewards, but it doesn't really care if you get them or not. It's somewhat interesting in that if you load up your shopping cart with a bunch of stuff and then just leave the website will likely give as much benefit in this regard to actually buying the items.
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