On instant Gratification ǀ The Global Addiction
Too many people are addicted to instant gratification such as videos games, social media and fast food - this is a problem. Your body wants drugs like Dopamine and Serotonin to be released into the body, therefore it pulls you towards activities that can provide it. However you should try to not give in to your body - having to much instant gratification is a bad cycle to get stuck in. "Drugs such as cocaine can cause a big, fast increase of dopamine in your brain. That satisfies your natural reward system in a big way. But repeated drug use also raises the threshold for this kind of pleasure. This means you need to take more to get the same high. Meanwhile, drugs make your body less able to produce dopamine naturally. This leads to emotional lows when you’re sober." WebMD Now replace cocaine with any activity that is going to give your instant pleasure and you get an idea of what I am trying to say. Practically dopamine is an instant gratification mechanism, however givin...