#199 - Andrew Huberman
The Nine Club With Chris Roberts
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What Are Negative Thoughts?
The reason why negative thoughts pop into your head so much is you're just your brain's way of keeping you safe. Dopamine, people always think of as a dopamine hit, like it's pleasure. But dopamine is actually about motivation and drive. When someone comments on social media or just says something to you, it opens up what's essentially a dopamine loop. There's this reward prediction error, which is when we expect something that doesn't arrive in the real world.
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