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The Ego Depletion of Self Control
Theories about the ego depletion modl of self control were popular 20 years ago. Ego depletion meaning that there's something inside us, our mental capacity, that is depleted with use. Maybe what happens when we try things that are mentally hard is that what we're really depleting is blood sugar in the brain.