💊 On a day when I just couldn’t recover, my brother said, “Try a vitamin C megadose.”

Believe it or not, I wanted to leave my experience in writing.
This is my record—and a story that will become a memory for me someday.

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☁️ For a while, I couldn’t recover

Even though I live a life where I work out consistently, meditate, and do affirmations,
sometimes I felt my emotions strangely hardening.

Especially the longer I spent alone,
the more I felt like something deep inside was getting cold.

Back when I had a girlfriend,
even if people were just a little kind to me, I’d think, “Ah, the world is warm.”
But these days, in the same situations, guardedness comes first for some reason.

Only later did I realize that was “low oxytocin.”

I was already

• managing dopamine with a media detox,
• and managing serotonin with exercise and meditation,
  but I really struggled because I had no idea how to raise oxytocin.

“Should I get a pet?”
“Should I spend more time close to people?”
While I was thinking through all sorts of things,
my brother recommended a vitamin C megadose.

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💡 Vitamin C raises oxytocin?

Actually, I first came across this in a book I read a while ago, 『The Oxytocin Story』.
It said that vitamin C can promote oxytocin release.

At the time I just brushed it off like, “Oh, I guess so,”
but looking back now, it feels like that book was giving me a hint.

The abstinence, no-explicit-content, and media-detox lifestyle I’m living right now
is a way of life that minimizes dopamine stimulation and pursues our natural ability to recover,
but put another way, it can also be a method that removes even the stimuli that let you feel joy.

As that built up, it started to feel like my heart was drying out.

Then one day,
one sentence from my brother made me notice the word “vitamin C” again,
and I immediately started taking a megadose.

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🍊 4,000 mg a day—my body and mind started to change

On the first day I started taking it,
I felt my workout recovery was much better than usual.
Even after heavy training, I was less tired,
and my body felt less weighed down.

And the psychological resistance I used to feel before going to work out started to fade, too.

And what surprised me even more was that
my emotions started to soften little by little.

When dealing with people,
instead of feeling, “This person is different from me,”

“They have flaws, but they’re the same kind of person as me.”
“They must have good sides, too.”
That kind of openness started to grow in me.

Before, I thought, “I must be really exhausted,”
but looking back now, I think oxytocin played a huge role.

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🧠 Vitamin C might not be just a simple supplement

As I looked into vitamin C, I found something else interesting.
It’s the fact that people need different amounts of vitamin C.

There’s a common guideline that “100 mg is enough,”
but for bodies that exercise a lot, are under heavy stress, or need recovery,
some argue that not only 1,000 mg but even higher “megadose” amounts are needed.

There are even many studies suggesting vitamin C can help with
the central nervous system (CNS),
fatigue recovery,
antioxidant support,
and even the emotional recovery I experienced.

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🍋 Vitamin C megadose: what’s the best way to take it?

I take about 4,000 mg a day, split into doses.
Rather than taking it all at once, taking it in 2–3 doses absorbs much more comfortably.
With regular vitamin C, it’s best to take it after meals to help prevent heartburn, so keep that in mind.

⏰ Example routine:

• After breakfast (liposomal): 750 mg
• After lunch: 2,000 mg
• After dinner: 2,000 mg

I’ve also seen people increase it just for that day when they feel worn out or aren’t recovering well.

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🛒 This is the product I took

Because it was the product my brother recommended, I trusted it more,
and I also felt reassured because it’s a Jongkundang brand product.
It’s made with corn-derived ingredients, and they say it’s synthetic but has a structure close to natural.
There’s debate about natural vs. synthetic,
but what matters is whether it suits your body.

👀 If you’re curious, you can check it out via the link below.

This wasn’t written just for advertising.
I’ve always liked writing to organize my thoughts,
and I wrote this hoping it might make someone’s day feel a little warmer.

What I feel for you is genuine.

And both in Korea and overseas, “NOW Foods” is a really well-known brand.
This product, in particular, has high potency + rose hips + sustained-release functionality,
so it’s perfect for anyone who wants to keep up with vitamin C consistently 🙂

🧡 Unfortunately, there’s no “Jongkundang product” overseas,
so as an alternative, I picked one myself! Please feel free to trust this as a reference 🙌

👇 Go see corn-derived vitamin C products

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💬 In closing — recovery doesn’t just save the body; it saves the mind

Recently, I started thinking this.

“Am I living the wrong way?”
“If I just had oxytocin, it would be perfect…”

But that day, when a text from my brother came in,
it felt like I’d received a signal from the universe.
Somehow, I felt my ability to recover coming back to life.

It probably wasn’t just because of vitamin C.
The feeling of being connected to someone,
and the belief that I’m taking care of my body,
all of it helped me stand back up again.

And my brother tends to express love through problem-solving.
We fought a lot when we were younger,
but as time passed—and as my body got healthier—
I came to understand him more.

If you, too, are feeling right now like
“I feel drained,” “people exhaust me,” “the world feels cold,”
why not consider vitamin C?

It might be just a simple supplement,
but for someone, it might become a small light.

Believe it or not, this is my story.
And… your recovery could begin soon, too. 🌱

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