How To Rebuild Your Gut with Dr. Amy Shah | EP. #199
Heal Thy Self with Dr. G
The Dopamine Pathway and Relationships
The strongest dopamine releases when it's intermittent, but randomly intermittent. So the dopamine pathway works on relationships too, right? The chaser is looking for some kind of feedback from the person. Give them a little bit of dopamine boost so it keeps them interested, keeps them coming back. And that's how toxic relationships form. It's like you get this dopamine burst and you want more of it. Some people get so addicted to the toxicity that they created. They are drama dopamine people, right? That argument, it's a dopamine release. It's adrenaline. You're just like really exciting. And then you crave it again.
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