[SorryShaped]

I'm finishing the movie "what the bleep do we know?" and I recommend for all people, especially psych patients. The following phrase just totally changed me:
"If we can be addicted to heroin, we can be addicted to any emotion, any neuro-peptide."
Crackers! That makes me think. I know I've carried around depression and self loathing most of my life like a ratty blanket, but to think that I WAS ADDICTED TO HATING MYSELF!?!? This is definitely the case. I was addicted to hating myself. The whole movie is full of eye-openers in the simplest of ways. Wow

This is really interesting. I saw that movie but it was so long ago, and I don't remember much. I don't think it affected me the way it greatly affected you, lol. But perhaps I should watch again.

Yeah, it's interesting to me. I myself have this theory on getting stuck in emotional habits / similar pathways. And one dramatic thing can take up our focus / negative emotion. And then another.

Anyway, I'm glad that you liked the movie and had that revelation. That's great.

[largebluerock]

the science behind neuroplasticity is definitely fascinating.

& if you think about everything wrong with the world constantly, and if you consciously justify this as a valient pursuit, not to be abandoned, your brain will literally reassemble itself over months/years to prefer finding fault in the world. (reassembly through several processes)

the driving force is your dopaminergic (catecholamine) system. when you show your brain that focusing on negativity is worthy of pursuit, you're using dopamine to focus on that negativity. this trains your mind to seek fault to judge & hate, rather than say, seeking positivity to celebrate & support. & the catecholamine system loves novelty, so finding something new to hate becomes very rewarding.

i remember watching what the bleep do we know when i was younger & loving it. i probably watched it multiple times. if i remember right, it highlights string-theory & law of attraction right? i remember a scene in a basketball court for some reason.

[SorryShaped]

Originally Posted by largebluerock

the science behind neuroplasticity is definitely fascinating.

& if you think about everything wrong with the world constantly, and if you consciously justify this as a valient pursuit, not to be abandoned, your brain will literally reassemble itself over months/years to prefer finding fault in the world. (reassembly through several processes)

the driving force is your dopaminergic (catecholamine) system. when you show your brain that focusing on negativity is worthy of pursuit, you're using dopamine to focus on that negativity. this trains your mind to seek fault to judge & hate, rather than say, seeking positivity to celebrate & support. & the catecholamine system loves novelty, so finding something new to hate becomes very rewarding.

i remember watching what the bleep do we know when i was younger & loving it. i probably watched it multiple times. if i remember right, it highlights string-theory & law of attraction right? i remember a scene in a basketball court for some reason.

You remember parts of it correctly. Nothing is fully highlighted but it's all full of good points. It's simple in describing the complex ways we fork ourselves up and just how "simple" we can get ourselves out of these same habits.

[largebluerock]

haha now i have to rewatch it. was definitely a magical movie that probably helped cement interests, that I've held right up to today. i'd love to own it & show it to my nieces & nephews 1day.

unrelated, but i just bought a used copy of the complete tenchi universe anime! i remember falling asleep to this show when it was on toonami when i was in middleschool. excited to get it. anime are great when i need something in the background while i read or whatever.