Dopamine fasting allows the cells to restore sensitivity that makes a person happier in the end. Read more about the new popular phenomenon of TV channel “Saint-Petersburg” said the doctor-psychotherapist, candidate of medical Sciences Vlada Titova.
According to her, to feel pleasant the experience can be from many things: eating, listening to music, exercise. As a result the person gets pleasure, until the euphoria, and tends to repeat the action. However, this is the reverse side.
“With the frequent repetition of the sensitivity of receptors is reduced. A related mechanism of insensitivity when the body begins to require an increasing dose of the substance. This is based on the mechanism of formation of most of the dependencies,” — told the TV channel position Titova.
As noted by the therapist specifically for such cases, many adhering to the concept that it is necessary to stop the course of pleasure. This allows you to restore the sensitivity of cells to small portions of neurotransmitter and receive vivid emotions from simple things.
In conclusion, the medic reminded that such practice is not new. Thus, dopamine fasting is practiced in Christian culture during lent and Muslims during Ramadan.
Earlier, us psychologists have found that people feel happier when they get more new emotions and impressions. Isolation mode because of a pandemic prevents this, so it pays to learn new skills, the researchers said.
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