Posted by Johnturner77 on June 14, 2000, at 12:55:48
In reply to Re: I'm sure you can all relate to this reply..., posted by SLS on June 13, 2000, at 7:21:15
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> > >> I suspect what CarolAnn really was asking was; is there a natural substance, that when taken over time, awakens the ability of the brain to experience pleasure and enhances the drive for reward?>>
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> > BINGO! Johnturner77!
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> Perhaps the best we can hope for is distraction.
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> Awhile back I took some Valerian Root for awhile. Several times I had what was for me an eye opener. When I found something funny or pleasureable I felt a(for me) powerful alien surge of happiness. I said to myself, "self, this what it must mean to not be depressed". I don't want to be a zombie with a frozen on smile, just experience happiness appropriately. Unfortunately, whatever mechanism blocks normal pleasure managed to figure out how to circumvent this latest attempt to reprogram it.
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