Kick That 'DOPAMINE KICK' Out

 Kick That 'DOPAMINE KICK' Out

You may be unaware of that 'DOPAMINE KICK' but likely, you got that so embedded within you these days, unaware that many of the 'goings on' are either being influenced or shaped by that 'DOPAMINE KICK'.  That's the catch.  How would you know there is 'something you DON'T know ?  That could end up to be your worst enemy if things go wayward and off-track.  So, what gives? 
iWhy don't we 'KICK That 'DOPAMINE KICK' Out if that will bring down to our eventual downfall?

Please DON'T get me wrong.  Dopamine per se is good in our daily life.  Besides, who doesn't need pleasure and rewards ?  To start with, looking at Parkinson's disease and drug addition, they have a commonality and that's the improper levels of dopamine no less.  This chemical acts as a 'messenger' between our brain cells.  The importance of dopamine in our daily behaviors can never be understated.  Whether it's how we move, what we eat, how we learn, all these are influenced by these chemical messengers in our brain called 'neurotransmitters'.  

In large amounts, it motivates you to repeat a specific behavior whereas, low levels of dopamine will mean reduced motivation and decreased enthusiasm for things.  In short, we still need to increase our dopamine levels in a 'NATURAL' way, like as follows:

• PROTEIN - get it from eggs, dairy, soy among others
• Eat LESS SATURATED FAT - this is a no-brainer !
• EXERCISE EXERCISE EXERCISE - yesireeeeeee
• REGULAR, HI-QUALITY SLEEP - this is non-negotiable
• MUSIC - A bachelor Asian former president who passed away fed himself with tons & tons of music
• SUNLIGHT - Sun exposure is clinically proven as good.
• SUPPLEMENTS - If you're deficient in iron, niacin, B6
  

Bottomline is, dopamine is an important brain chemical that influences our mood and feelings of reward and motivation.  Do you recall posting in social media and you constantly checked the likes ?  Do you recall sending an SMS to your close friends and no one was replying back ?  How was your mood during those moments ?   

So where do we stand as regards dopamine? Hmmm, for your goodness sake, I humbly suggest you gotta KICK THAT DOPAMINE KICK out of your system.  That DOPAMINE LOOP where it's our human nature of wanting more of whatever feels for us, eventually you will be 'missing those butterflies'.  That's when smoking, drinking and gambling will kick-in into your life, whew.

But good for smoking, drinking and gambling, they all have age restrictions.  A pre-teen can't just do a walk-in at the casino.  But how about social media ?  Sadly, we have to admit that there is UNFETTERED ACCESS to social media.  For some hardworking parents overseas and separated from their kids, what's the birthday gifts the kids would receive ?  Smart phones or a budget for it.  So what happens to our millennials ?  They become hardwired to social media.  But we gotta pity the millennials because they end up with no coping mechanism to handle stress.  So when stress pops up, they don't turn to a person. Instead, they turn to the smart devices.  Impatience.  Stress.  Depression.  All these will lead to much bigger complications unless we KICK THAT DOPAMINE KICK OUT.📌📌📌