Read other post first.
This is about neurotransmitters Think of them as soldiers on the path to your brain. Dopamine is one of these as is seratonin. There are a whole bunch at each synapse (gate) Cocaine and similar drugs increase the amount of dopamine in your system. Dopamine is the only neurotransmitter that can say yes or no at the gate. the others are yes or no specific. Under the influence of cocaine or say morphine dopamine blocks more signals and since most are negative you feel less pain and are happy. Enough and all activity stops and you die. But when the drug wears off there is a rebound and you get a flood of signals going through and since a lot will be negative you get an anxious feeling, even panic. Too much medication or street drugs and your brain no longer can perform because dopamine is blocking too many signals. Hence impairment and no sexual performance. Also why long term drug use has to be tapered off. In fact there is a fine adjustment needed to keep pain killers of this sort from causing depression. Dopamine can not travel easily across the brain so can only work where it is generated. So areas that block it still function. You still breath and your heart still pumps.
Neurotransmitters get sensitized over time so a number of activities and exposures are good for you to keep them working properly. A repetitive signal sets them up to do the same thing each time that signal hits them. Because pathways in the brain continuously change with change, no change builds thicker stronger pathways that take longer to change. Good only if they are positive. EG making bread often allows you to remember the recipe. How to get to the store. This is why if you forget your grocery list you will buy what you usually buy. This is long term memory. But if you have good short term memory you won't need a list. Repeating the list keeps it from getting discarded. Some one talking to you can overlay the memory of the list and you then need long term memory to go through the things you usually buy. People can multi task so they can repeat the list to themselves while they talk.
So you see why this is the hardest simple thing you will ever do. But you can do it. The more you need to change the longer it will take. Core beliefs are memories that don't change without direction and over time become very strong. And if they are negative they will have priority and be even stronger.
One final thing. Don't neglect electrolytes some of these act as neurotransmitters and don't forget water. it carries them where they need to be and flushes them out when they are no longer needed.
Davit.
Everyone:
That was a lot to absorb so feel free to question any of it.
Okay this is just common information on the internet.
This program is still the best way to change thought processes. Do it, you won't be sorry, CBT works.
