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For further reading on how a pain/challenge effect your body (including your dopamine), you can read: Human physiological responses to immersion into water of different temperatures
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The Dopamine
Usually associated with reward but tend to be more related to motivation craving.
For example; about enjoying some food, dopamine is not really involved in the enjoyment of eating the food but more towards the motivation to get the food; it's the thing that push to get the food.
So it...
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What To Do With It
Be aware that pain/challenge also revoke your dopamine, after the pain is over. The bigger the friction, the bigger dopamine will be.
Running for 5 kms, finish a book, write and publish your blog; challenge your self in doing things and once you finished, mark it as completed then the dopam...
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Is It A Problem?
To have dopamine released for small things (social media, porn, tv, etc) may lead to less motivation.
The pleasures are not the problem. Having the pleasures without a prior requirement is. As it can make you feel 'rewarded' while actually you haven't got anything.
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Dopamine release
- There is a baseline level of dopamine circulating in your brain and body all the time (important for how you feel generally) - tonic release of dopamine
- You can experience peaks dopamine above baseline - phasic release of dopamine
Make the most of what you read
- Choose different reading pieces for different occasions: articles and light reads can be reserved for short periods. Books that require less focus can be listened to in audio format etc.
- Incorporate reading into your daily habit: put a book on your bedside table.
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