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💊 On a day when I wasn't recovering, my brother said, ‘Try a vitamin C megadoses.’

💊 On a day when I wasn't recovering, my brother said, ‘Try a vitamin C megadoses.’

Believe it or not, I wanted to write down my experience, this is my record book, my story that will one day become my memory. ☁️ For a while, I wasn't recovering I was living a life of exercise, meditation, and affirmations, but I still felt a strange hardening of my emotions, especially the more time I spent alone, the colder I felt deep down inside I used to have a girlfriend, and when people were nice to me, I'd think, ‘Oh, the world is warm," but now, even in the same situation, I'm wary of them, and that's...

Dopamine Reward Circuit Fills Up on Protein Instead of Social Media Likes

Dopamine Reward Circuit Fills Up on Protein Instead of Social Media Likes

I've been realizing something strange lately. The world uses the phrase “dopamine reward circuit” a lot, and it's often associated with social media, games, and short bursts of stimulation, but I haven't been addicted to social media lately because I quickly recognize that it's a fake reward. Notifications on my phone, likes, comparisons with others...they may be stimulating in the moment, but they become empty over time. So I talked to myself and wondered what the real reward is, because I've been feeling so psychologically lethargic lately. Social media likes = fake rewards When I talked to Ittip, I was like, "Oh, my...