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Everything you Need to Know About Dopamine with Dr Anna Lembke, MD

The Neuro Experience

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Dopamine Releases in Response to Aversive Stimuli?

I feel like I have an addiction sometimes to negative thinking and negative thought patterns. And, you know, when you speak about these addictions, I want to know if this is tapping into the same circuit. Like, what is that also in the same lines of every time you think this negative thought you're creating maybe some dopamine for yourself? Is that in line with what you're saying? Yeah, so that's a very interesting idea. We can get addicted to our own negative ruminations. So there's something about very extreme negative stimuli that is reinforcing for us.

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