tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-142743152971096915.post7088929483788927703..comments2023-10-05T04:44:25.174-05:00Comments on Addiction Inbox: What Do We Mean When We Talk About Craving?Dirk Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07429793255785560043noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-142743152971096915.post-30696732977373128392011-09-16T16:46:54.536-05:002011-09-16T16:46:54.536-05:00Okay, that was interesting. Everybody had their sa...Okay, that was interesting. Everybody had their say. Gonna close this comment thread now.Dirk Hansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07429793255785560043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-142743152971096915.post-86732086117316847402011-09-16T16:19:46.930-05:002011-09-16T16:19:46.930-05:00What people are buying this science and not the ot...What people are buying this science and not the other mentioned before? Huh. Guess the diagrams help.<br /><br />From our study there is evidence for:<br />- People are born with an inherited, family dopamine receptor deficit, likely D2 receptors<br />- Dopamine is actually a "seeking" system, it evolved to drive animals to get food.<br />- So impaired receptors may create a feeling of being "starving" all the time.<br />- This leads to "hyper-seeking" behaviors -- often the most harmful aspect of addictions. <br />- Since the brain doesn't have the abiliity to feel "fed" from normal DA activities like eating a regular meal, being with friends and family, watching TV, the impaired brain drives the person to external behaviors that hyper-stimulate DA. - This creates the impulsive/compulsive behaviors.<br /><br />Of course, hyper-stimulating the DA system, with external things just makes the illlness worse. In fact, avoiding extra DA triggering experiences helps to rebuild the receptors a bit in rats.<br /><br />This science is very well understood and studied. However, there is no way to repair a brain so impaired so symptoms management is the best medicine can offer.<br /><br />Actually, there is anecdotal evidence that fried chicken does trigger extra DA.SleepRunninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608995629056535796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-142743152971096915.post-77619762095342660242011-09-15T23:51:13.209-05:002011-09-15T23:51:13.209-05:00Craving chicken.Craving chicken.Emmahttp://www.emmaodettebarnett.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-142743152971096915.post-81900093151117569652011-09-15T16:52:32.205-05:002011-09-15T16:52:32.205-05:00We have had huge success using NLP for managing cr...We have had huge success using NLP for managing craving states. Any scientific explanation why it works so well? I’d really like to be able to explain the scientific “why’s” to the people as we teach them the “How’s.”www.habilitat.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10553513672254050285noreply@blogger.com