Hacking Your Brain’s “Reward System” to Change Habits
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- čas přidán 17. 02. 2020
- How often do you feel like it is a struggle to fight your brain to break bad habits and start healthy ones? Here's a short video that shows you the neuroscience behind why this is the case and how to hack the reward system in the brain to get it to do the work for you.
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Cake tastes better when you only have it once a week
Wouldn't it be better to eat it everyday for breakfast lunch and dinner so the persons brain revaluates cake as very low until the person gets sick and doesn't eat cake for a long time after that,,,, ?
@@lightbeingpontifex The difficulty with that might be, that the habit of eating cake to maintain your dopamine levels gets so ingrained, that quitting it becomes more difficult and cravings become worse. If you get through this beginning period I do agree, it definitely demystifies the greatness of cake and makes the awareness part a bit easier
@@lightbeingpontifex Its called a "binge" and it makes it worse as it reinforces "addictive" behavior which is worse than "habitual" behavior.
It means binges followed by a long rest period which you're basically waiting for the next urge to binge just creates and reinforces addiction.
Best method I've tried is dopamine fasting 2.0, there is a cool video (with drawings) from After Skool.
Or how about not eat cake at all ,,, like ever, so you won't have cravings,,, and just switch to something else like cigarettes,,
@@lightbeingpontifex Full abstinence is the obvious outcome to overcome dopamine addiction but takes time and self-awaresness to rest urges.
Switching to something else should be redirected to something better, self-improving.
#. You can't think or tell yourself out of a habit.
#. Awareness can reset the reward value.
#. Move beyond will power, go to the source:reward value
Last year I was committed and my assigned psychologist was surprised I knew about my alcoholism and the "reward system" of the brain and instant gratification and release of dopamine.
I was sober for a month before I relapsed; then I realized every time I threw a tantrum or got upset, the LCD was booze.
It takes _sheer_ will power to discipline yourself and say "fuck this shit. It's dulling my senses so I can't feel anything; but it's getting my no where fast"
I went through a breakup and during my moving on process I unconditionally did this same thing
I loved that girl soo much but every time I had that craving of fixing everything I just recalled why I broke up and my brain just remembers those old moments where dopamine used to kick in and that I will not get that same rush again and it's all just a delusion and controlled my urge to go talk to her
Thank you
This video needs more recognition
How can this only have 18k views? Its a dedicated and well structured video and might as well have 10million views.
I always try to appreciate all the food I eat and be aware of it, and I can tell you a good cake tastes much better than broccoli! I don't eat cake every day of course. I think this advice can only help people who really overeat all the time and there is no reward when you feel sick from eating too much, but for kicking sweets out of a diet in general I don't think so.
Every addict needs to see this! The best summary of our reward circuit and how to control it that I’ve ever heard. Well done!
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Everyone is an addict now to something. That's most of us are staying mindless npc consoomers instead of producers.
100%
This helped me . I don't feel bad when I'm rejected by people tbh they are just saying the other person or people they are with are more rewarding than I am
They get something from being with that group of people or person what they were not getting from me. Being single sounds awesome 🥰 I'm glad I'm single
why videi doesnt have millions of views...it deserves it..seriously...
This is the best video I’ve watched in a WHILE. People who say motivation is fake and self discipline is the only way to go need to watch this
Thank you for this!
This has helped me to scratch the surface of how Ive built up all my bad habits.
The Brain guy reminds me of Headspace's avatar for The Mind.
This is valuable beyond words! WOW‼️
The only way I've ever been able to give up negative habits (physical and mental) has been thru hypnosis. I have gone to hypnotists for overeating, boredom/depression, psychosomatic pain, and each time after no more than 2 sessions the problem is gone.
I want to try that
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This video is so informative. The illustration is awesome.
I was always struggling to focus on my goals, but Forwago's personalized plans really helped me to do it. I know it is not much, but I finally have started to work on achieving my goals and I keep making progress.
@@princess-may debate news is You are seventy six yr
When you do whats good reward yourself.
When you do bad (addiction) just be aware and you will stop doing it soon.
Here from Greece, thank you for being by our side during dire times!!
Found this video while looking for ways to cut down on vaping. I found that when I paid attention to me body, I didn’t like how nicotine made me feel. My heart would race and my mind would feel stuck, and I would more often than not get a headache. I’m aware of this feeling but my body still craves nicotine. As I work through my cravings, I’ve found eating spicy snacks when I have strong cravings helps me put off smoking.
Yeah this is what I was already tryna do without anyone telling me what to do my logic I love it
This video should have a billion likes... It's a summary of what most of the successful people on earth use to achieve success 👍 Very helpful....thanks
Well said !!!
This is why I love the century of information :D
I’ve been researching since 5:30 and this by far
has been the best video I’ve found.
Great animated video! Rarely struggled quitting undesired behavior, except for swearing a ton. I still think there's content missing on youtube that's covering "How to continue doing things that feel unrewarding & used to be rewarding", especially if you feel like you have a lot of grit / willpower generally speaking.
The brain supposedly seeks novelty. I guess this is how ppl quit bad habits cause the brain simply got tired of the actual bad habit itself n seek novelty...
Thank you so much for this!
edit: A very real game changer! I'm astonished.
Thanks for this information! I will try my best to control my habits.
Awesome,....., Awareness has helped me learn so many good habits,..., and break so many bad ones. It's really a universal panacea !!!!
Can you tell me more about it
this explanation is so underrated , well done !
thank you so much! I will try this out
Thanks again and again !
So educational.
Very much informative video. Awesome❤
Very informative, nice and simple. Thanks for this
Thank you ✅✅very applicable ..thanx
Extremely helpful.
Very informative, easy to understand principles and practical application.
Some great tips! It really comes down to cognitive awareness.
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I actually did this to quit cigs. I randomly have one or two, like a couple a month maybe.. I have been quit for 10 months, with basically no problem at all.
Thank you
this is helpful! thank you, but, it will be better if the sound effect dB is smaller (or it's just my computer?)
Great video so much information in a short amount of time
Awareness! Yes
Makes me wonder why I prefer fruit over cake as a kid, and even as an adult, I really love angel food cake with fruit in the middle.
Thank u
best video on YT
Wow. Amazing video 👏👏👏👏
This is very informative
"Think back to all the birthday parties you went to as a kid." I had to pause and think because... I can only remember maybe 2 or 3 from my whole childhood and adolescence. 😢
I don't know if the experiment fully explain the claim that consuming more of something would break a habit. Me smoking weed everyday or tripling the dosage for a period of time does not make me break the habit. I think the idea of being extremely aware while doing the habit at times wouldn't help me either because I am alleviated from some distress. Some bad habits are hard to reverse because it could be compromising from even worse habits or a trade off from contraindications versus it therapeutic benefits. There need to be more data for different scenarios in order to be relatable and meaningful sources.
0:54 OMG This sound effect really freaked me out as it played over my car audio
Great video
But be prepared when you watch this with a speaker:Those sound effects really pop out. Almost dropped my dishes.
You are amazing
This is a awesome video
Makes Sense
Another thing with bad habits is that, for instance for smoking, awareness can play a part in bringing you to your senses as in what you smell and taste is bad! Is not rewarding! But the reality is would you even be able to feel that intensely to quit it considering that after years of smoking you have become DESENSITISED to the smell and taste.
Also isn’t awareness still a part of willpower?
Good stuff
5:30
Oh snap!
I like the concept and agree it will work for a number of things, but what about things that just don't seem/feel rewarding? Not everything that feels good is good in the long run. I can drink a can of coke and it tastes delightful, but other times, it doesn't. How would awareness address this?
what if most of my existence feels dysphoric and acting out the reward seeking behaviour feels slightly less so? And yes, I am a psychiatry patient. Just asking how you think that this method is applicable for that situation.
What’s a good reward for a strength workout? Using coffee for meditation. Works like a charm
Fire vid yo
This video can scientifically prove that love is cursed by monogamy...
Wow, It's gorgeous!
Hahaha... that's real pie in the sky theorizing
Brother good topic.....but i increases your video volume to max still very low .....please put some high volume videos...keep going❤🔥
Great video except taking the willpower for granted.
It is even the source of the desire to have an awareness about the habits.
The video is very informative and the content is clear, but some of the "beep" sound effects you used were very high pitched and annoying
Could this work to break free form a person you're habitual of? Like obsessed and emotionally attached with?
sound affects , Why?
How can I use this piece of information so that I could take pleasure in studying? 😂
The satisfaction of craftsmanship
Step 1: Buy modafinil 200mg pills (it's mostly legal, but it's expensive)
Step 2: Take one pill everyday at 6am
Step 3: Study
And that's basically it, i should mention that it's non addictive and even safer than caffeine. Worked for me.
Give yourself a piece of cake after studying,,,?
I'm so glad the recorder didn't play through the whole video😂
Nice
Excellent information, however, the animation and sound effects are distracting and detract from the quality of this video.
What if I am aware of the reward of a bad habit, and I update the rewards value through awareness and I still find the reward valuable? If a bad habit have a pleasant reward wouldn’t awareness just amplify the “bad reward”?
It's all about your perception. Yes, you can perceive something to be good and beneficial, and continue to do it. But the whole point of awareness is to break your ideal image of what you think 'feels good,' and shows you the raw, unfiltered, and unbiased truth. So yes, you can convince yourself that whatever the behavior is does, in fact, have a higher reward value, but having awareness of the truth of the matter---as bad habits are bad for a reason---is what ultimately allows you to break free.
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p.s. I just spent an hour analyzing my own bad habits to come up with that answer so if you want some examples, let me know I'd be glad 2 share ahahah. nice question btw! really made me think
@@damarisibrahim7791 Sorry for the late reply. Thanks for clarifying. I would love some examples on what you came up with.
@@johanm2304 No problem! I was able to find the documents with my original thoughts (it's a bit of a read...)
A bad habit is bad for a reason. Take the smoking example. The man knew that smoking was bad for him, and yet he would do it anyway out of habit. The knowledge of "smoking being bad" was not enough for him to just simply put an end to it because he had become so comfortable and used to the reward system.
I think that another big part of it is the fact that we as people are constantly growing and changing.
The awareness talked about in the video is meant to give you a new perspective on your everyday life; a life that becomes so dominated by routine----whether intentionally implemented or not-----that it can be hard to tell the difference between the days. "Mindfulness creates an awareness outside of our emotions and allows us to see the truth about the loop we are in and creates an escape hatch for us.
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I think I get what you're saying and I would say both yes and no. If you think of awareness as weighing the pros and cons of an action/habit(which I believe you would do based on your emotion) you'll obviously come to the conclusion that it was good and continue to do it.
Last week I started a new show in the middle of the week. the show was fantastic, but I have a habit of having to binge every. new. show. that. I. watch. Looking back even right now, my brain recalls that being a good experience that added to my enjoyment of life and learning. I think "okay so i wasted a lot of time and didnt get anything done, but that was most certainly time well spent." and that is exactly the problem. for the rest of the week, any time that I had to do something that included working or was difficult, I created an excuse to go online, and since I have of habit of becoming very easily distracted, I get sucked in for hours. I literally did not get anything done at all this week. I have nothing to show for 3 days worth of time. I have a theory that your bad habits tend to build off one another....
having awareness is meant to give you a realization moment, its meant to stir up and bring to light conflict between your values and your actions. To question yourself.
I think that for me, the truth of the matter is that sometimes you have to put in a little bit more to break through the hardness to find the reward. Maybe if I would have taken the time to clear my mind of any unrelated stress (via mindfulness/pray/etc) and break down my tasks step by step before starting a seemingly impossible task, i wouldn't have been derailed so easily. If I even would have reached out to a family member or even a friend for help w/ accountability or difficult problems, I could have remained encouraged. or even planned a break! I think I'm starting to realize that it simply isn't a bad habit, but is going to truly bring me down from the inside if I'm not careful. in other words, it ain't worth it.
You just got to take it step by step, identify it, dont let it escape you, and then take the steps to change from there.
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From this point in my life I've learned that it isn't very easy to change. Small things ARE hard, and that's okay. Key to acknowledge this and use it as a reason to rest and persevere rather than an excuse to quit. to continue to get back up when you try and fail and try and fail, and to be your own friend.
Just a whole lot of different thoughts from over the course of a very long year
Hope you and anyone reading are safe and in health, and always know that you are loved and valued.
God bless!
Pretty much anytime a video starts talking about "our caveman days" I tune out.
Maybe the reason why Jordan Petersons work helps so many people is because it has a strong emphasis on being aware of your actions.
The smoking is true but food often smells good so I think it's more beneficial to realize I am eating cake because I am bored, stressed, etc and try to change that or?
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Food behavior therapy
Am I the only one who craves broccoli right now?
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Yup
thats all you homie
The video was cool.. but that "awareness" things sucks. U need to reward the behavior of not-smoking. Start rewarding yourself every hour (or any other significant period of time for u) without smoking. Every hour with smoking gives u credit to eat a candy or take shower, any thing u want can be a reward...u choose..
Awareness... to the taste? That's sensory; pastry, chips, pizza, soda--salt, sugar, fat, unami engineered to light-up our reward system vs. cooked, plain broccoli? No contest. So how does one update the reward value when comparing a superNormal stimulus (engineered processed food) vs. a simple natural/normal stimulus such as broccoli? That would seem to require deep understanding of our reward system, the value one personally places on taste (reward) vs long-term health, a willingness to live with less hyperPleasure and accept much more subdued sensory rewards... and more. This would require a significant amount of cognitive skill and emotion regulation to rein in the primordial survival instincts. One could call that willpower.
Awareness is overestimated
He basically to you willpower but gave tactical willpower steps to take oh and then soft pitched you at the end .. saved you 8 minutes of your life yw
bug how do you really update the reward value? what is the technique?
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7:02 i still dont get it how. help.
Followup longterm studyes blinded \ placebocontoll? (Tell them to do something useless while eating)
I'm just more aware of how good food tastes.
But that's not stopping me from enjoying it.
Even if this could work I don't see how awareness would make healthy food more desirable. Everyone knows what healthy food looks like and may even enjoy it. I know I love veggies, eat the daily. But put a pcs of fried chicken in front of me and I'm sorry but chicken wins.
Sounds like "awareness" is just another word for "talk myself out of" rather than reprogramming my brain to get the same level of reward from bland food.
Good point. I think this video focuses on the case where you _no longer_ enjoy something but stick to it by force of habit. It's less applicable when the behavior is genuinely still rewarding. But perhaps you could alter your perception of rewards by intentionally directing your thoughts to pleasant or unpleasant things; e.g. for smoking, think of horrible cancers whenever you pick up a cigarette, or imagine the healthy life you could have when you put one down.
Actually, I like broccoli. I like it a lot!
Very helpful, much better than these beast mode activate eye of the tiger self help mumbo jumbo this is a scientific approach
This video just made me want cake
How does self awareness work when eating cakes and it tastes amazing but you try not to love eating cake ?
but how do i update broccoli to a higher reward than cake.
But if broccoli has a more nutrient dense profile, how come that doesn't register as a reward?
Because most people feel better eating cake than broccoli. Also cake tends to be tastier and more filling than broccoli.
I’m one of the few who’d reach for broccoli though.. unless there’s cheesecake
At the same time, you need will power
I still don't get it,,, too difficult to remember what the video said but I only eat cake one a year,,,
Ok
:( i like the cigarette flavour and experience
But once a while
And im not addicted to it, because i just use it as "medicine"...like a consultating tool for a thought
But what if the behavior is still as rewarding? I mean to me cake is still pretty high
If it's really working for you then it's not a problem.
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