That’s how they get their dopamine. I asked my doctor one time if it was true dopamine makes us do the things we do, he said yeah pretty much. You and your brain are two different people. Your brain wants dopamine, you do things that provide it.
In the part of the brain called the basal ganglia, dopamine plays a key role in muscle movement.
The firing of dopamine neurons in the VTA is strongly linked to motivation.
Dopamine is key to the formation of memories, especially those tethered to reward and novelty.
My father is a workaholic, even after retiring he found a couple of jigs to keep him busy almost full time. I tried to get him into videogames after retiring (he used to play a lot of SNES and Sega Genesis back n the day) and he didn’t find any joy in it
I hate working, I do it as a means to get money for traveling and for my hobbies and I spend a lot of time playing videogames
So I guess my father gets his dopamine directly from working and I work to get money to fund stuff that give me dopamine
What motivates someone to regularly work 80+ hour weeks or to create art or to care about other people?
That’s how they get their dopamine. I asked my doctor one time if it was true dopamine makes us do the things we do, he said yeah pretty much. You and your brain are two different people. Your brain wants dopamine, you do things that provide it.
My father is a workaholic, even after retiring he found a couple of jigs to keep him busy almost full time. I tried to get him into videogames after retiring (he used to play a lot of SNES and Sega Genesis back n the day) and he didn’t find any joy in it
I hate working, I do it as a means to get money for traveling and for my hobbies and I spend a lot of time playing videogames
So I guess my father gets his dopamine directly from working and I work to get money to fund stuff that give me dopamine