607b betting on change: talking addiction & gambling with a psychologist
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I Can't Do This, I Need to Drink, I Cannot Do This.
You can externalize this thing from you, right? This is a really cool technique. tapping into your observational self, not your experiencing self. And there's subtle differences there. Some people have a natural sort of uptick to sensation seeking. They might have more dopamine receptors in postsynaptic neurons which means they need that thrill seeking. Which is natural variation in evolution, which is a good thing. I'm interested in why some people are more prone to addiction of any kind than others. There's a whole range of variables. You've got biological sex, so males, much more at risk. Age. So if you start betting at a young age, you're more likely to develop problem
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