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So today I learned that when you’re trying to live a happier life, you should focus on building serotonin, then oxytocin, THEN dopamine. People go straight to dopamine for happiness and get addicted to it which causes them to do reckless impulsive things and ruins their life
Dopamine is responsible for movement and motivation.
Andrew Huberman • How to Increase Motivation & Drive | Huberman Lab Podcast #12
From this work, I can tell you that, under the influence of oxytocin, you attend more to people’s eyes and become specifically more attuned to their smiles, especially subtle ones.
Barbara Fredrickson • Love 2.0: Finding Happiness and Health in Moments of Connection
It makes no sense in modern life to use our energies to have five cars, five bathrooms, or even five shirts, but we just . . . want them. Neuroscientists tell us why.[13] Dopamine—the neurotransmitter of pleasure behind nearly all addictive behaviors—is excreted in response to thoughts about buying new things, winning money, acquiring more power or
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