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Too much pleasure can lead to addiction. How to break the cycle and find balance

Life Kit

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Is Telling the Truth Stimulating the Prefrontal Cortex?

Ana Navarrette: If we tell ourselves stories that aren't true, it's very likely we'll repeat our mistakes. She says the treatment for over consumption is really a universal process to understand. We have to start to intentionally avoid pleasure and seek out pain, she says. And by doing that, we will reset reward pathways and ultimately be a lot happier again. It's simple, but not easy, but it's well worth doing.

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