To All God's Children,
-->“Life is pain… and whoever says otherwise is selling something.” Princess Bride
The world is full of unimaginable pain. When an addict is going cold turkey to come off of heroine they experience the real world. Because the heroine has taken the place of all the dopamine that would be there, their body no longer produces enough dopamine to cope with the pain of everyday living – so everything hurts. The end result, all the pain of the physical world without the luxury of our pleasure centers in the brain.
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Friday, March 5, 2010
Of Mice and Men
To All God's Children,
Why would anyone choose pleasure over necessity? A rat who presses a lever that will stimulate the nucleus acumbens (i.e. the brain's pleasure center) rather than press a lever that will provide food. It's no different than a person who is willing to sell her body or a man his soul to satisfy a drug addiction. A young girl who desires to be skinny and "pretty" by starving herself, addicted to the attention from peers.
Why would anyone choose pleasure over necessity? A rat who presses a lever that will stimulate the nucleus acumbens (i.e. the brain's pleasure center) rather than press a lever that will provide food. It's no different than a person who is willing to sell her body or a man his soul to satisfy a drug addiction. A young girl who desires to be skinny and "pretty" by starving herself, addicted to the attention from peers.
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