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127: Dopamine and Serotonin: Why You Keep Chasing More and How to Feel Steadier
Dopamine isn’t your brain’s “treat.” It’s your brain’s chase signal, and once you see that clearly, a lot of modern life makes uncomfortable sense. We talk through why dopamine spikes show up in everything from social media and gambling-style algorithms to shopping, porn, vacation planning, and signing up for big challenges and why the hit often lives in the anticipation, not the payoff. That same chemistry can fuel ambition, learning, and courage, but it can also carve deep compulsive loops when the reward is uncertain and always one swipe away.
Then we shift to what regulation actually…
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