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Do you relax with social media, video games or Netflix?
No you don’t lol
You are stressing better
How better stresses work and how to relieve stress, by going to mars
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No you don’t lol
You are stressing better
How better stresses work and how to relieve stress, by going to mars
:
Murder mysteries, today’s top drama, and videogames only “relaxing” because they are MORE stressful!
and can be solved more easily than whatever bullshit came before
and can be solved more easily than whatever bullshit came before
2 layers of stress relief
1. Distraction from your stressor with a better stressor
2. When the new stressor is solved it triggers relaxation. Simulating and kickstarting relaxation from both the new better stressor, and the original, real life, thing
1. Distraction from your stressor with a better stressor
2. When the new stressor is solved it triggers relaxation. Simulating and kickstarting relaxation from both the new better stressor, and the original, real life, thing
The body can’t tell where the relax signal came from
Nor does it care
Nor does it care
murder mysteries
1. distract from your problems with something more immediate and dangerous. A MURDER!! Pivot! Pivot! Top priority for stress!
2. Catch the bad guy
ALL Problems solved!
The relax chemicals in your body & brain spills over. You solved the murder & your problems
1. distract from your problems with something more immediate and dangerous. A MURDER!! Pivot! Pivot! Top priority for stress!
2. Catch the bad guy
ALL Problems solved!
The relax chemicals in your body & brain spills over. You solved the murder & your problems
Jigsaw puzzles 
work the exact same way
Distract from the actual problem with a better problem
Focuses you on filling in the next piece
The satisfaction of each step consumes you
The end:
boom problem solved, time to relax
work the exact same wayDistract from the actual problem with a better problem
Focuses you on filling in the next piece
The satisfaction of each step consumes you
The end:
boom problem solved, time to relax
Porn works like this too
Orgasming, and the chemicals that come after it, make you sleepy and relaxed
The chemicals after an O are designed to stop you
Most people aren’t after the lust or the love. They want the cum down ;)
Orgasming, and the chemicals that come after it, make you sleepy and relaxed
The chemicals after an O are designed to stop you
Most people aren’t after the lust or the love. They want the cum down ;)
Eating donuts does the same thing too
You aren’t after the sugar. You are after the relief from needing to find more things to eat
The post dough nut clarity ;)
You aren’t after the sugar. You are after the relief from needing to find more things to eat
The post dough nut clarity ;)
Intellectual puzzles work like this too
Workaholics and intensely curious people are seeking the same thing, a finished puzzle and the relief that comes with it
Workaholics and intensely curious people are seeking the same thing, a finished puzzle and the relief that comes with it
Elon wants to get to mars because focusing on that problem supersedes his other stresses
One step closer to mars is a much easier step towards the chemicals that trigger stress relief and relaxation than fixing the original stress
One step closer to mars is a much easier step towards the chemicals that trigger stress relief and relaxation than fixing the original stress
But that only works for so long
Solution:
Fix the original problem?
Fuck no lol
Very easy
Start more companies!
Solution:
Fix the original problem?
Fuck no lol
Very easy
Start more companies!
You are Elon btw
Tell me right now you don’t seek extra challenges and stress
Gotcha ;)
When you are in the zone, everything else fades away
Doesn’t it?
You don’t pursue your own version of post donut clarity?
We all “eat” emotionally
Tell me right now you don’t seek extra challenges and stress
Gotcha ;)
When you are in the zone, everything else fades away
Doesn’t it?
You don’t pursue your own version of post donut clarity?
We all “eat” emotionally
Ever notice how common it is for people grieving from a death to distract themselves by pouring themselves into their work?
The distraction is only half of it. The post work relax is the real prize
The distraction is only half of it. The post work relax is the real prize
I’m writing this thread in a hotel room, moving to a new city, after a break up
Easier to focus on the dopamine high from this than fixing my other problems lol
I also have a box of donuts next to me. I’ve eaten 3 today.
Easier to focus on the dopamine high from this than fixing my other problems lol
I also have a box of donuts next to me. I’ve eaten 3 today.
Writing works so well as stress relief tbfh
Consumes ALL attention
And when you get the sentence just right?
ummmpph.
Better than sex
Consumes ALL attention
And when you get the sentence just right?
ummmpph.
Better than sex
The best writers, visual artists, musicians, and tech visionaries all got that way because they have fuck tons of stress
They have a huge need to relieve stress. But w/o a solution fallback to relief from other sources
Excellence via repetitions from compulsive stress relief
They have a huge need to relieve stress. But w/o a solution fallback to relief from other sources
Excellence via repetitions from compulsive stress relief
But of course it’s much easier to do it vicariously then go through the trouble yourself
Consuming media is (among other things) an elaborate way to kickstart the natural stress response and relaxation cycle
Can’t stop on a Cliffhanger!
Murderer on the loose
Can’t end on a loss!
Can’t go to bed if someone is wrong on the internet!!
Can’t stop on a Cliffhanger!
Murderer on the loose
Can’t end on a loss!
Can’t go to bed if someone is wrong on the internet!!
But fix one and it fixes everything
Relaxation chemicals don’t know or care what caused it
They just work
Solving one puzzle feels exactly like solving all the other problems too
Relaxation chemicals don’t know or care what caused it
They just work
Solving one puzzle feels exactly like solving all the other problems too
Twitter gets a lot of hate for a design that encourages vitriol
That’s the genius of it
With 140 characters you can yell at the president!
and get the satisfaction and the 100% real relaxation response of solving the problem
Exact same chemicals as shouting in their face!
That’s the genius of it
With 140 characters you can yell at the president!
and get the satisfaction and the 100% real relaxation response of solving the problem
Exact same chemicals as shouting in their face!
Use the president as a punching bag
10/10
10/10
CSI
uzzles
Post orgasm
Eating Donuts
Going to mars
Ratio-ing the president with a retweet
Same underlying emotion and relax chemicals
uzzlesPost orgasm
Eating Donuts
Going to mars
Ratio-ing the president with a retweet
Same underlying emotion and relax chemicals
The post orgasm relaxation button:
Send tweet
Send tweet
Just make sure you get your relax chemicals from the right place
* right place might honestly mean going to mars and suffering for your art
* right place might honestly mean going to mars and suffering for your art
Follow up:
Seeing a lot of replies saying it’s better to exercise or meditate…
Y’all…
Those are just new distractions & puzzles to solve
You’re falling into the same trap
Seeing a lot of replies saying it’s better to exercise or meditate…
Y’all…
Those are just new distractions & puzzles to solve
You’re falling into the same trap
Exercise works well because it clears the stress chemicals and makes room for the relax chemicals
Also easier to use the body to trigger the relax response rather than a mental trigger like a murder mystery
Also easier to use the body to trigger the relax response rather than a mental trigger like a murder mystery
Meditation works well since it replaces external relax signals with internal feedback. Can work very well, and much faster
But you see the same problem of compulsive use, where people meditate for hours a day until they can’t make it work anymore and have a mental break
But you see the same problem of compulsive use, where people meditate for hours a day until they can’t make it work anymore and have a mental break
Also, if you are meditating to relax you are missing 90% of the benefits!
I do highly recommend it, but most people do it wrong. It should be an educational and skill building exercise,
the same way exercising can be relaxing and also develop new physical capabilities
I do highly recommend it, but most people do it wrong. It should be an educational and skill building exercise,
the same way exercising can be relaxing and also develop new physical capabilities
But these 2 puzzles are no better than going to mars or eating a donut
In fact they are probably way worse for the world. I’m not dunking on Elon. Or saying he is broken or troubled. We all have our vices
He’s just hungrier then most of us
In fact they are probably way worse for the world. I’m not dunking on Elon. Or saying he is broken or troubled. We all have our vices
He’s just hungrier then most of us
Finally, there is no “fix” to this
You can’t avoid it unless you:
1. Solve the original stress, often impossible
2. Never get stressed again
That’s not how humans work…
You can’t stop becoming hungry and the need to satisfy it
Suffering is the true nature of existence https://twitter.com/nickadobos/status/1505336843193118723
You can’t avoid it unless you:
1. Solve the original stress, often impossible
2. Never get stressed again
That’s not how humans work…
You can’t stop becoming hungry and the need to satisfy it
Suffering is the true nature of existence https://twitter.com/nickadobos/status/1505336843193118723
One more note:
There’s a reason why you choose these behaviors over skipping to rest and relaxation, besides simple distraction
Stress doesn’t go away on its own, or via rest. You need action to resolve it first
Media helps with that in a way that purely relaxing doesn’t https://twitter.com/nickadobos/status/1507150592866598912
There’s a reason why you choose these behaviors over skipping to rest and relaxation, besides simple distraction
Stress doesn’t go away on its own, or via rest. You need action to resolve it first
Media helps with that in a way that purely relaxing doesn’t https://twitter.com/nickadobos/status/1507150592866598912
While you can’t get rid of this cycle
There is a way to get much better at resolving the stress
Unfortunately stress relief via media falls into a big trap https://twitter.com/nickadobos/status/1507169317745426472
There is a way to get much better at resolving the stress
Unfortunately stress relief via media falls into a big trap https://twitter.com/nickadobos/status/1507169317745426472
