Why is pure dopamine not a recreational drug? And if it was...

It’s like the worst drug ever, with the biggest addition of all, short term satisfaction, worst ever withdrawal, and most destructive side effects, disabling you from feeling any other joy of life.

Dopamine doesn’t work that way, but let’s put that on hold and imagine it does, so I can focus on the „side effects free drug”.

Now side effects. Since it would make you feel very good, nothing would bring you pleasure anymore, because nothing would release more dopamine than the use of the drug. So your life would suddenly have no purpose at all. Nothing would satisfy you. Not sex, not porn, not tiktok,not food, not films, not hobbies, not time with friends and not even other drugs. So you would just lie on the couch, inject dopamine every few minutes and when it wears off, feel no happiness at all.

Hello, I have a question about astral projection. I started to get interested in this a little while after my mum passed in april. I thought I may be able to see her and speak with her if I managed to achieve astral projection. Since this interest, every time i sleep on my back I go into sleep paralysis. However, I cant progress into astral projection because it is very scary for me as I feel like I'm suffocating when this happens. I panic and force myself to wake up. This only ever happened about once a year before this. It sometimes lasts a long time. This has happened about 3 times per week since my mum died, as mentioned on a previous post. I no longer try to go into it anymore(due to the suffocating feeling), but it still happens. I read that sleep paralysis is the pathway to astral projection. Why has this started to happen so frequently since simply taking an interest in it? Is this connected to the afterlife? I am concerned about it as I now cannot seem to stop this happening. Could it be my mum trying to communicate? Im asking due to more knowledge around this in this group.

Let’s say you can smoke it, snort it, inject it etc. when your brain releases dopamine, if we simplify it, you feel happiness and satisfaction. Which is cause of all addictions in the world, such as sugar, nicotine, caffeine and other drugs. So yes, pure dopamine would be the most addictive of them all, since it’s the sole cause of all the addictions.

Why is pure dopamine not a recreational drug? And if it was wouldn’t it be the most addictive and fairly side effect free?

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