[bevr1337]

> But everyone else? You're voluntarily breaking yours. I need medication to feel what you could feel naturally if you stopped training your brain that effort gets you nowhere.

> I was born with this dysfunction. You're choosing it.

This ending is worse than a TV show revealing a dream sequence.

We get it, you're special, we're sheep, thank you for enlightening us.

I was truly enjoying it until the author decided to throw out a middle finger.

[Aurornis]

They link to a blog post where they say they claim to have been diagnosed with “dopamine deficiency”, which is not a real diagnosis.

This is a classic example of someone misinterpreting the science and coming to believe that their state is not their fault. They believe it is entirely inflicted upon them by a medical condition, whereas other people are responsible for their actions and outcomes.

[ak_builds]

> “dopamine deficiency”, which is not a real diagnosis

This might change your mind: https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.1010930108

[OldfieldFund]

it's a study about flies

[ak_builds]

I just realised that the proceeding study is not available publicly. It builds on a hypothesis the researchers hold for humans. I can't host it on a public server, um..., any other way to share it?

[FollowingTheDao]

I fault him only for his youth. becasue he is on the right track, just eager and still has a lot to learn.

It is quite possible he has genetics that make Dopmaine much ore of a problem for him.

[Aurornis]

Dopamine is not the catch-all, explain-everything chemical he believes it is.

He has rolled up his personality characteristics and learned behaviors and decided to blame it all on dopamine, then took it a step further and decided it must be all genetic and external to his actions.

But then he goes even a step further than that, and decides that his condition is not his fault, but everyone else who is in a similar position has done this to themselves through lifestyle choices.

> I fault him only for his youth.

From reading his post titles he’s a plus or minus 30 year old man, not a youth.

[ak_builds]

I am sorry it came out like that. That was not the intended ending I wished for.

I have written several articles about my problem in depth. Dopamine deficiency is the simplest way to put it.

[bevr1337]

You're very kind and generous to reply directly. Thank you.

Just keep an open mind that others are struggling there with you ;)