genetics & the brain: dopamine, liberals and exploring new ideas...

[Soulbass]

Those who tends to have more dopamine in the brain are more likely to be liberals, and explore new ideas.

[tenta]

How do you know? Also I believe it's not just your brain chemistry deciding dopamine levels, it's your genetics in general influencing your life, then deciding dopamine levels, which then influence motivation negatively or positively, which can then decrease further decrease dopamine levels.

That makes sense, if someone had low dopamine they could try to use closed mindedness as a defense mechanism.

[Preety_India]

 

What about those who have more serotonin? 

 

[sholomar]

A person can hack their dopamine levels... more like we re-sensitize the dopamine receptors.. they become resistant because we are a society that has a sensory addiction. This overstimulation causes brain fog and makes people feel like zombies. There are numerous posts about it on reddit in places like "nofap" .. you deprive yourself of stimulation... no screens, bland foods, no masturbation or porn... Leo doesn't specifically mention dopamine in any of the videos I've watched but the science behind it is fairly easy to understand.  Self mastery... to sit with a craving or impulse but not act on it.. the affects are powerful... sensations are nothing more than different versions of emotions.. leo has that video on how to deal with strong negative emotions, that you just sit there and feel them.. that's basically the premise to boost a deflated dopamine level.  Deprive oneself of stimulation and the body will go into withdraw.. you'll feel like a smoker craving a cigarette. Having to sit with these sensations is very uncomfortable, but all sorts of positive benefits result such as zest for life returning.

 

 

Edited April 27, 2020 by sholomar

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