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[dr_octagon]

I'm going 7 days with no gifs, quoting or tagging anyone.

I'll still send offensive PMs to the worst member.

Spoiler

You know who you are. Cunt.

 

[Rikku-X]

Bet your wife is loving the no sex part.

 

[poppabk]

Dopamine detox - starts hitting the gym releasing dopamine.

 

[Whitecrow]

Dopamine detox - starts hitting the gym releasing dopamine.

I guess it's a joke... but if not you dont understand how this works : /

 

[poppabk]

I guess it's a joke... but if not you dont understand how this works : /

splain it to me.

 

[dr_octagon]

I guess it's a joke... but if not you dont understand how this works : /

Endolphins, Dopamean, Sarah Tolkeins and Oxytoxyloxy.

Gym = Endolphins

Edit: German Hops PM coming your way.

 

[Whitecrow]

splain it to me.

It's thanks to dopamine and other neuro-transmitters that your brain can function, so you cant really stop generating dopamine.
If you do some fasting by quitting some instant-release activities, your brain will adapt to get it from no so instant activities, you cant avoid it.

Anyways, getting dopamine from workout its like, a lot healthier, in every way, that getting it from looking at sheet in a screen.

Dopamine detox is not about stopping generating dopamine, is about taking control of your life and be able to do what you really wanna do, which a lot of people cant because internet addiction.

No faping ends up increasing your testosterone in the 'long' run, gives you more energy, and helps a lot in not giving in to your desires and make you feel a lot more in control.

So, hitting the gym, whatever the reason, is a success.

 

[Tams]

For the past month or so I've found myself far less focused than before. I'm spending too much time on Twitter (which is odd because I hate Twitter), YouTube, general internet, video games, Neogaf and RedTube (I probably fap at least twice a day, even while getting regular sex)

I've also gotten really lazy. I haven't been to the gym for a month. My work rate has also dipped. I'm no longer hyper focused and just go through the motions.

Now I'm not going slate porn, video games and social media (this is Neogaf after all), but this lack of focus and drive all started when I really got back into video games and started playing them daily, which somehow resulted in my brain wanting to OD on dopamine and get back into heavy amounts of porn, social media and junk food. I even stopped reading a book a week, which I haven't done for over a year.

So, from tonight at 23:59 BST, I'm going on a dopamine detox for two weeks. I've heard mixed results from others who've tried it, but I want to give it a go and see if there really are benefits.

The rules.

For 7 days I will not.

Play video games
Watch any TV or YouTube
Fap or watch porn
Listen to music
Eat junk food
Use social media (all apps deleted)
Browse the internet unless work or study related (that includes GAF)
Have sex (my wife is trying this challenge with me, which means after its over I'll have the longest bust ever)

Instead, I'll work, study, go to the gym, and read books for down time.

Anybody else ever try this? If so, how did it go. I'll check back in 7 days to report how it went, or sooner if I failed.

See you all in a week.

Has your wife's boyfriend signed off on this?

 

[Maiden Voyage]

I'm going 7 days with no gifs, quoting or tagging anyone.

I'll still send offensive PMs to the worst member.

Spoiler

You know who you are. Cunt.

Endolphins, Dopamean, Sarah Tolkeins and Oxytoxyloxy.

Gym = Endolphins

Edit: German Hops PM coming your way.

You made it 2 hours. Congrats!

 

[Fools idol]

Make sure you are getting a solid 8 hours sleep, and going to bed at the natural times to rebalance your circadian rhythm. The benefits of that alone are MASSIVELY positive (source is my wife who is a doctor / psychiatrist who specialised in sleep hygeine.

- Sleep in a fully dark environment, with no light or sound at all. Buy blackout curtains and ear plugs
- Go to bed before 10:30pm, wake up naturally. (no alarm clocks)
- Sleep in a room with a temperature around 18-20 *C.
- No food after 7.
- No screens 1 hour before bed.

It has been scientifically proven quite recently that poor sleep hygeine is a root cause of many physical and mental health conditions. In some studies it even reversed the effects of depression so significantly the subjects of the study no longer required medication, the brain hormones had a chance to reset properly.

 

[Davey Cakes]

You can solve all of this just by getting a cat. Can't be on the internet if you're playing and snuggling with a cat.

 

[anthony2690]

All I can think about now, is how this man is wasting two weeks of neogaf gold! :O

 

[SteadyEvo]

Quit jacking off and that alone should boost energy and motivation

 

[Maiden Voyage]

Quit jacking off and that alone should boost energy and motivation

When I don’t jack off, it makes me super motivated to jack off!

 

[dr_octagon]

You made it 2 hours. Congrats!

 

[Maiden Voyage]

Welcome back, brother. <3

 

[dr_octagon]

I'm going to the grocery store to buy mik, brb.

 

[ahtlas7]

I'm going to the grocery store to buy mik, brb.

For cappuccino?

 

[dr_octagon]

For cappuccino?

GymWolf will making coffee for all Neogaf Gold members.

 

[IDKFA]

That was shit. I actually failed the few days, which is why it's taken me longer to come back.

Did I become my focused? Yes. Absolutely. I absolutely achieved more and after 3 days had an absolute Spartan focus. My work productivity increased, my studying was more focused, my diet was 100% clean and I spent almost every day working out. It felt amazing but......

It was boring as fuck. No TV, no gaming, no GAF, no films, no sex or fap etc.

However, I think it's changed my mind set, hopefully for good. I no longer have the urge for the odd bit of junk food. I have the urge to work out more than I ever have in my life, and I never want to drop below my current work productivity levels again.

If anything it's given me discipline. Discipline to do things I don't enjoy with the same level of effort and focus as if I fucking loved them.

I'd only recommend it if you've become less focused due to social media, games, binge watching TV etc.

 

[GymWolf]

GymWolf will making coffee for all Neogaf Gold members.

You need to find another barman, i don't drink coffee and never made it once in my life, i would probably poison you.

 

[anthony2690]

That was shit. I actually failed the few days, which is why it's taken me longer to come back.

Did I become my focused? Yes. Absolutely. I absolutely achieved more and after 3 days had an absolute Spartan focus. My work productivity increased, my studying was more focused, my diet was 100% clean and I spent almost every day working out. It felt amazing but......

It was boring as fuck. No TV, no gaming, no GAF, no films, no sex or fap etc.

However, I think it's changed my mind set, hopefully for good. I no longer have the urge for the odd bit of junk food. I have the urge to work out more than I ever have in my life, and I never want to drop below my current work productivity levels again.

If anything it's given me discipline. Discipline to do things I don't enjoy with the same level of effort and focus as if I fucking loved them.

I'd only recommend it if you've become less focused due to social media, games, binge watching TV etc.

Which one did you fail op?!

 

[IDKFA]

Which one did you fail op?!

Internet usage on my phone. Mostly sports and a bit of Twitter. Seriously considering a dumb phone in the future.

 

[JimmyRustler]

That was shit. I actually failed the few days, which is why it's taken me longer to come back.

Did I become my focused? Yes. Absolutely. I absolutely achieved more and after 3 days had an absolute Spartan focus. My work productivity increased, my studying was more focused, my diet was 100% clean and I spent almost every day working out. It felt amazing but......

It was boring as fuck. No TV, no gaming, no GAF, no films, no sex or fap etc.

However, I think it's changed my mind set, hopefully for good. I no longer have the urge for the odd bit of junk food. I have the urge to work out more than I ever have in my life, and I never want to drop below my current work productivity levels again.

If anything it's given me discipline. Discipline to do things I don't enjoy with the same level of effort and focus as if I fucking loved them.

I'd only recommend it if you've become less focused due to social media, games, binge watching TV etc.

This is needed for the detox mate. It's how you reset the pleasure/pain balance. I read about that the other day in "Dopamine Nation". Pretty fascinating.

How it works is that you have this balance in your brain and the more pleasureable stuff you do, the more you tip the balance on the pleasure side which makes it more difficult to get pleasure out of anything but at the same time get more suseptible to pain. By being bored as hell you tip the balance back to normal. But you can also use regular pain to do the tipping. Cold showers and such. Resets it too to a certain degree.

 

[nemiroff]

The funny thing is, I'm in a full job, married and have two kids, and I do all of the above and I love my life, usually no second thoughts. Of course, variation is important, that way you can do whatever you want without overthinking it. But whatever floats people's boats.., godspeed to you all.

Edit: I'm too late, didn't read through the thread before posting..

 

[JimmyRustler]

The funny thing is, I'm in a full job, married and have two kids, and I do all of the above and I love my life, usually no second thoughts. Of course, variation is important, that way you can do whatever you want without overthinking it. But whatever floats people's boats.., godspeed to you all.

Edit: I'm too late, didn't read through the thread before posting..

You don't get into OPs position from today to tomorrow. It's a slow process that takes time. I'm in a similar position as OP now. 2 years ago the statement you just wrote could have come from me.

Enjoy it as much as you can but be aware of the consequences of Dopamine overdose.

 

[nemiroff]

You don't get into OPs position from today to tomorrow. It's a slow process that takes time. I'm in a similar position as OP now. 2 years ago the statement you just wrote could have come from me.

Enjoy it as much as you can but be aware of the consequences of Dopamine overdose.

Yeah there's a lot of missing context to what I'm saying, and I apologize for rushing my post without explaining.

My story is that I got diagnosed with severe depression. The context to dopamine control is that I was lucky enough to get enrolled in a program where I studied/got taught brain anatomy and fairly advanced phycology. So by that I got to build up a set of amazing tools to almost have a certain control over the chemical flow to my brain (of course most importantly controlling the release of stress hormones like cortisol and adrenaline), and I can also to a certain extent release serotonin just by controlling muscles and breathing.

TLDR; I got to study brain anatomy and psychology techniques as tools to control stress hormones (and to an extent serotonin), and this also work on dopamine addiction.