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post 1639849533 05-31-2021, 03:27 PM
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1 week ”dopamine fast” starting tomorrow.

No internet.
No tv.
No music.
No monster white’s/coffee
No pwo
No jacking off

Just gym,boxing,reading,hanging out with the bois. And getting bored to death.

Expecting to get more motivation and mental health benefits in general.

Whos in?
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post 1639849823 05-31-2021, 03:34 PM
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sounds good on paper but i doubt that 1 week will reset years of instant gratification.

better than nothing tho good luck

you should add no shampoo/no pillow/cold showers and fasting to that too
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post 1639850033 05-31-2021, 03:37 PM
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Gym, boxing, reading and hanging out with your boyos is cheating. To do a proper dopamine fast, you have to lock yourself in an empty closet and do nothing but stare at the wall for 7 days straight.
post 1639850313 05-31-2021, 03:42 PM
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that's impossible unless you're in the woods with no power
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post 1639850413 05-31-2021, 03:44 PM
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Originally Posted By GuineaDago585⏩
Gym, boxing, reading and hanging out with your boyos is cheating. To do a proper dopamine fast, you have to lock yourself in an empty closet and do nothing but stare at the wall for 7 days straight.
Ive read that a proper doamine fast is pseudoscience bs. Just gonna cut out all the unnatural dopamine releasers. Quitting social media is probably the game changer, not being able to compare yourself to others and get negative influence from reading sad news n chit.
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post 1639850423 05-31-2021, 03:44 PM
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That actually sounds quite an interesting concept
post 1639850863 05-31-2021, 03:49 PM
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Originally Posted By CeBKa⏩
sounds good on paper but i doubt that 1 week will reset years of instant gratification.

better than nothing tho good luck

you should add no shampoo/no pillow/cold showers and fasting to that too
Doubt it too. But things like this are undoubtetly going to make you more productive and fix your **** in general since you have more time on your hands and there aint much to do.
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post 1639851093 05-31-2021, 03:54 PM
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Originally Posted By Yoopwat⏩
That actually sounds quite an interesting concept
Yeah i see no cons on this one. Its like an investment. Suffer for a while to appreciate and enjoy life more in the long term.
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post 1639851373 05-31-2021, 03:58 PM
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It's a good idea and I've done something similar. You get bored so you end up having to figure out something productive to do with your time.
post 1639851663 05-31-2021, 04:02 PM
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sounds like a camping trip to me
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post 1639851773 05-31-2021, 04:03 PM
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you forgot food. You cutting out junk?
post 1639851883 05-31-2021, 04:04 PM
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Lol

Do you have any idea how much dopamine exercise releases?
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post 1639852223 05-31-2021, 04:10 PM
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Originally Posted By roughinhouse⏩
you forgot food. You cutting out junk?
Yeah eating clean. Recomping on 320c 205p 70f. Pretty much impossible to cut sugar completely but im sticking with low sugar sweet chili sauce and 4% foodcreams.
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post 1639852253 05-31-2021, 04:11 PM
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my eyes have shooting pains from looking at my iphone screen even worse pains looking at television or pc monitor from the allergic reaction to PhD whey isolate 1 month ago yet i cant stop using my iphone

i dont think my eyes will ever heal tbh

thinking bout throwing towel in tbh

38 years is enough right ?
post 1639852353 05-31-2021, 04:13 PM
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There is no way I could do this.
post 1639852593 05-31-2021, 04:17 PM
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Originally Posted By JeepBruh⏩
There is no way I could do this.
Give it a shot mate se how long youll last.
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post 1639852633 05-31-2021, 04:18 PM
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I would say start with PMO; that is probably a real gamechanger. Regarding media, be selective will the news outlets that you watch.
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post 1639852813 05-31-2021, 04:21 PM
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What's the point of this? You realize "Hedonic Adaptation" exists right?

After a while you'll get the same amount of dopamine from books, boxing, and the gym.

So why cut out the other stuff?
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post 1639853203 05-31-2021, 04:27 PM
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Just go rent a cabin in a remote part of Alaska.

I’d kill myself if I tried anything like that at home.
post 1639853353 05-31-2021, 04:29 PM
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you forgot no poop. ive been on nopoop since the beginning of the year and ive honestly felt great. why waste all those precious nutrients? also have saved a ton of money on toilet paper
post 1639853553 05-31-2021, 04:31 PM
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Never heard of dopamine fasting, but sounds like an interesting topic. In on learning more about it.
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post 1639853563 05-31-2021, 04:31 PM
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Originally Posted By MyBaddBrah⏩
What's the point of this? You realize "Hedonic Adaptation" exists right?

After a while you'll get the same amount of dopamine from books, boxing, and the gym.

So why cut out the other stuff?
Because it has negative effects on your mental health. Mainly the pmo like the brah above mentioned and the social media. Caffeine/pwos are minor stimulants and consuming them daily makes your dop receptors less than ideal. Im on the fence about cutting out the music tho, gyms play it and you just cant go anywhere without hearing it anyways.

And think about how much more you get out of the ”other stuff” after youre done with the fast.

Im not buying that hedonic chit. If i watch netflix after 3 days break i have a much less of a struggle to find something interesting to watch.
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post 1639853663 05-31-2021, 04:32 PM
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Originally Posted By guitarman420⏩
you forgot no poop. ive been on nopoop since the beginning of the year and ive honestly felt great. why waste all those precious nutrients? also have saved a ton of money on toilet paper
Definitely gotta get on that fecal retention time, OP.
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post 1639854173 05-31-2021, 04:38 PM
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Best way to do something like this is to go on a meditation retreat srs
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post 1639854653 05-31-2021, 04:45 PM
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will be bored in like 10 mins bro

but I would just go outside a lot, work out a lot. go and spend most of the day at the beach. stuff like that.
day usually flies for me when i go for a ride there
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Originally Posted By MyBaddBrah⏩
What's the point of this? You realize "Hedonic Adaptation" exists right?

After a while you'll get the same amount of dopamine from books, boxing, and the gym.

So why cut out the other stuff?
That's kind of the idea, brah. Those dopamine fryers are chit you build up tolerance to like a drug. OP is going cold turkey on them.

I'm going the other way... never drank or gambled in college, but FA'ing it up in the workforce now and really enjoying them. 100% certain that I'll eventually adapt to them and end up with habits that no longer give me pleasure, but it's fun for the time being.
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tbh i feel with the way these electronic screens are harming my eyes, its just another contributing factor that is ageing us more quickly

Its harming the vessels etc behind the eyes that connect to the brain tainting the signals it producers/stimulating in a bad way

I mean if your brain told your body to age quicker it would right?

Miscers ..... bbb...b muh body ages by following the yearly calender brah

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Originally Posted By piramparam⏩
hanging out with the bois.
So i chose this route for my first day and ended up getting getting drunk with the boyos. New try tomorrow.
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Originally Posted By piramparam⏩
I do but its natural release so i dont think its bad. Theres a difference between the release from looking at instagram than from exercise. If you jerk off you feel like crap afterwards but if you workout you feel like a boss for a couple hours you know.
wait, you feel bad after jerking off?
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Originally Posted By Cleveland33⏩
wait, you feel bad after jerking off?
you don't know what depraved **** op is wanking too now do you?
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