So I received The following comment couple
of videos ago from Mr. Bhatt he asks how does one recover from a period of
unwanted slacking off what are some good practices and ways to recover
essentially asking how to get your life back together now when I came across
this comment. The first thing that came to my mind was actually a ritual that Invented
many years ago back in college when I was drinking smoking and simply partying
way too hard it's a ritual that worked extremely well for me back. Then and
it's something that I still do at least once or twice every single year I call
it. The dopamine fast now in order for this to work you have to treat it like a
sort of holiday this is an entire day event that starts from. The moment you
wake up all.
The
way until. The moment you fall asleep and this is especial holiday because
unlike most other holidays which are fun and filled with activities. The entire
purpose of this one is to have as little fun as possible which means that. There's
a huge list of things that you cannot do that’s right things that you consider
to be fun entertaining or pleasurable are strictly forbidden so this means no
food all you're allowed to do is drink water no phone you can leave it on for
emergency calls but you can't use it no internet which includes surfing. The
web and or social media of any kind Facebooksnapchat Integra no watching of
videos so this means no TV no YouTube no Netflix no going to.
The movies no substances of any kind no
alcohol no weed no drugs no cigarettes and nothing with caffeine no video games
no music no hanging out with your friends no talking to anyone unless it's an
emergency or for something work-related no masturbating and finally no reading of
any books fiction and or nonfiction now here's what you can do you can Drinkwater
you can walk around outside you can meditate you can do some light exercise and
most importantly of all you can write using a pen and paper and those are. The
rules now at this point in time you're probably wondering why in. The world
would anyone do this to. Themselves it sounds miserable it sounds like torture
well I'm going to show you exactly why. The dopamine fasts so effective and how
committing to this ritual can force you in to become extremely productive again
and I'm also going to explain why writing is so important during a dopamine
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dopamine fast now. There are two main reasons as to what’s so effective. The
first is that it starves your donkey what I mean by this well if you think
about it. The relationship between your mind and body is sort of like.
The
relationship between a rider and a donkey if you're riding donkey and you want
it to move all you have to do is wave a carrot in front of him this is similar
to how if you want to convince your body to do something that’s hard all you
have to do is think about. The reward you get after this is basically how
habits work we automatically do things as long as. There is a decent reward
that follows as long as. There is a carrot on a stick now what happens to us
when our life is a mess is that we've been indulging in too many stimulating
things like porn drugs junk food and binge watching shows all produce a huge
amount of dopamine this is equivalent to letting your donkey eat and a buffet
of carrots and other tasty donkey vegetables if your dog is been eating in a
buffet all week he's not going to be motivated by a little carrot on a stick
anymore because he's full when you come- doing a dopamine faster essentially
starving your donkey you giving your body as little stimulation as possible for
an entire day and when your donkeys starving you can easily convince him to
move by waving just a little carrot in front of him this means when you wake up
in. The morning after doing a dopamine fast you'll find it much easier to
convince yourself to go to.
The gym or tread some pages of a book by
thinking about. The reward you will give yourself after. The second reason
committing to a dopamine fast is so effective is because it prevents you from
masking your pain what is. The purpose of pain well if you think about it pain
is an indicator that something is wrong and needs to be fixed right it's a sign
that. There's a problem somewhere if your hand is touching something that's too
hot you feel pain and your brain goes ah. There's a problem over. There and it
automatically moves your head pain is necessary for us to fix our problems. The
same thing applies to emotional pain things like rejection loneliness and shame.
These are all indicators that something is wrong in our lives but. The problem
with us humans is that we love to run away from. These feelings we love to
self-medicate with pleasure instead of solving. The actual problem that's why
so many people turn to food drugs sex and alcohol when. They’re in a bad mood
because all of. These things can make that pain go away at least temporarily
now when you do a dopamine fast you have no way of avoiding your problems
because. There's literally nothing you can do to mask any of. The pain and this
forces you to address all of. The problems that you’ve been running away from
for who knows how long and here's where writing comes in order to address this
pain. The best thing to do is to write to organize your thoughts to figure out
why you're feeling this pain to begin with and to eventually come up with a
plan see every time I commit to doing a dopamine fast I will spend at least a
couple of hours writing throughout.
The day here are couple of very good
questions to ask yourself. These are. The writing prompts that I'll use most
often whenever I commit to doing a dopamine fast question number one do I feel
any discomfort today if so where in my body am feeling it is this an emotion or
is this physical pain if it's an emotion try to describe it is it anxiety is it
depression is it shame what does it feel like question number two ask yourself
why do I feel this way now it’s important not to blame a chemical reason or you
know genetics or other people because most of. The time. The reason we feel bad
is because of something that we can control. There are almost always things
that you are doing that are causing. These issues so ask yourself what things
have I been doing that could possibly be causing. These issues question number
three what should I do to fix it what are one two three things that I can do
tomorrow that will at least somewhat address this pain things that would get me
a couple of steps closer to fixing whatever problem is causing this pain
question number four what would my life be like if I did not do any of. These
one-two-three things for.
The
next five years assume. The worst possible scenario and really describe it and
finally question number five what would my life be like if I stuck to. These
one-two-three things consistently for. The next five years assume. The best
possible scenario and really describe it now. The key to getting. The most of.
These writing prompts is to write a lot. The more you write. The better but
allow yourself to really focus on what you're writing give yourself some time
to think between answering each of. These prompts right slowly and neatly you
have all of. The time in. The world because quite frankly. There isn't much
else to do if you answer all of. These prompts in detail you’re going to have a
clearer idea of exactly what you need to do tomorrow you’re going to feel
pretty motivated to stick to. The one to three things that you wrote about
because you'll come to realize that. There are things that will get you closer
to solving your problems and that's why. The dopamine fast is so effective now
again this is a ritual that I came up with but worked really really well for me
so I'm curious as to whether or not it will have. The same effect for you guys
if you're trying to get your life back together try this out and let me know in.
The comments below how you felt. The next day besides that guys stay tuned
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