Poll of the Day > I feel bad for my little sis. Dopemine reset

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My dad stumbled on a youtube channel that is preaching a series of self help books talking about dopemine detox. So by he is gonna limit her dopamine. No tv, no phone, no internet, no music, nothing with an lcd screen, no sugar, no caffeine basically anything that would make you feel happy is not allowed. Basically these help books say this will solve depression.

I thought he was done with this after her made the whole family join a pentacostal church (was more like a cult) that pretty much the same as far as what was and wasn't allowed.

Anyone else go through a period where the parents say you depression isnt real and take away your electronics

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he should probably look into serotonin vids too since we all walk a fine balance between dopamine and serotonin if we're functioning humans in the world we all share.

dopamine storm is just as dangerous as serotonin storm and he's basically pushing one rather than the other.

he is unqualified to know the difference from what little i'm being told here.

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and the solution to depression is not heaping more isolation/alienation onto a person.

just going out on a limb and guessing your family is some flavor of turbo Christian/Catholic.

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how would.... taking away dopamine.... stop depression...

I take a dopamine reuptake inhibitor to increase my dopamine and HELP with depression, lol

fucking idiots

LuciferSage posted...

and the solution to depression is not heaping more isolation/alienation onto a person.

just going out on a limb and guessing your family is some flavor of turbo Christian/Catholic.

I wish. No. No Kirk Camerons pushing the divinity of gods proof by showing a banana. No my dad is more of the we should become alaskan bush people to get away from people

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For what it's worth getting rid of electronics like that actually isn't inherently a bad thing. If he replaced it with exercise and outdoor social activity and stuff it might even potentially help her.

But given that we are talking about religious cult activity here, it's going to be all about deprivation and negative mind sets and will not help.

ScritchOwl posted...

I wish. No. No Kirk Camerons pushing the divinity of gods proof by showing a banana. No my dad is more of the we should become alaskan bush people to get away from people

...so more isolation is going to make someone more...social.

i love Industrial Society and its Future, but this is not the way for this case...

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Some people seem compelled to always be searching for the answer to the problems of life and its hard to convince them that there isnt one

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Mead posted...

Some people seem compelled to always be searching for the answer to the problems of life and its hard to convince them that there isnt one

Thats a lesson that should be taught.

I dunno he wants to blame tv and nes for my problems . It wasnt I am bipolar manic depressive. Misdiagnosed as adhd. Didn't get the help I needed til after I moved out. He refused to admit I was depressed and choses to scream for being lazy (with no tv, no music, no comp) and handed me a gun and told me to go kill something for dinner.

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Good dad.

ReggieTheReckless posted...

how would.... taking away dopamine.... stop depression...

I take a dopamine reuptake inhibitor to increase my dopamine and HELP with depression, lol

fucking idiots

I don't know that I put any faith in the theory, but I think the idea is like any other detox. If you drink a ton of coffee for a long time, it will start to take more and more caffeine, to give you that nice feeling, as your body builds up a tolerance to it. People who smoke packs of cigarettes usually don't get any buzz off of them. In both these cases it takes more of the drug be it nicotine or caffeine to get the good feelings, if they havent developed enough tolerance to complete block them out, and this is replaced by feeling bad if they don't get enough.
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ScritchOwl posted...

Thats a lesson that should be taught.

I dunno he wants to blame tv and nes for my problems . It wasnt I am bipolar manic depressive. Misdiagnosed as adhd. Didn't get the help I needed til after I moved out. He refused to admit I was depressed and choses to scream for being lazy (with no tv, no music, no comp) and handed me a gun and told me to go kill something for dinner.

I would have slammed a skunk down on the table out of spite with a shit eating grin at that point.

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Going for a few weeks without any technology can be a good thing, but like, you'd have to be on board for it and if digital social connections are your only crutch to cope with depression, taking it away likely won't help.

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He really should take away your shit as well.

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