I’m a psychiatrist and to be honest dopamine is complicated AF. I love Jocko and I do not mean to say anything demeaning. I only say this because I say Other TH-cam personalities including scientists feeding highly simplified models of how the brain works and reducing a complex organ and it’s neurotransmitters into Dopamine = Happy. That is such a so simplistic model of a complex system that it cannot possibly match up to reality in any either proudly or accurately. . So many neurotransmitters are involved in “happiness” ( probably a better way to think of it is as positive emotion) and also dopamine does so many things. In the pituitary gland , dopamine inhibits prolactin release ( which is why some antipsychotics that inhibit dopamine can cause lactation in women and men). In the pathways that deal with voluntary and involuntary muscle movement in the brain, dopamine modulates muscle movement ( this is why when dopamine can no longer be synthesized in the brain in some pathways it causes Parkinson’s disease). Dopamine also play roles in the Mesolimbic system which modulates emotion/and reward in the context of many other neurotransmitters ( serotonin, opiods etc). Dopamine also helps modulate and enhance cognition through the meso- limbic pathway( this is part of how coffee increases alertness and awaressness)I love jocko and think he’s the man and a warrior but I just wanna add my two cents
to me the concept is if looking at your phone for hours can make you as "happy" as something active, why would you do the much more difficult active thing?
@@opplez1159 so great question. As to if he is right or not I don’t know, I do know however that there is a lot of “ bro science” going on now with neurotransmitters in the same way that it happens with steroids and the endocrine system. I think the idea of letting your reward come from things that are meaningful then rather then what is not is a valid one, however I don’t know that has anything to do with neurotransmission and I am positive it is not even close to as simple as conserving your dopamine. I get frustrated when I see these videos now because I think that thinking about these problems in these terms means your operating with a false model of reality that is not congruent with what is happening in the brain, if that makes any sense. I do love what jocko said, refuting the idea that people today are somehow always soft and would agree with him that the tough people are as tough as ever. Love that
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Jocko is completely right. Most dudes just have bad habits and need to spend less time on social media and spend more time doing physical activity
Dopamine, Dopamine, Dopamine!!
I’m a psychiatrist and to be honest dopamine is complicated AF. I love Jocko and I do not mean to say anything demeaning. I only say this because I say Other TH-cam personalities including scientists feeding highly simplified models of how the brain works and reducing a complex organ and it’s neurotransmitters into Dopamine = Happy.
That is such a so simplistic model of a complex system that it cannot possibly match up to reality in any either proudly or accurately. . So many neurotransmitters are involved in “happiness” ( probably a better way to think of it is as positive emotion) and also dopamine does so many things. In the pituitary gland , dopamine inhibits prolactin release ( which is why some antipsychotics that inhibit dopamine can cause lactation in women and men). In the pathways that deal with voluntary and involuntary muscle movement in the brain, dopamine modulates muscle movement ( this is why when dopamine can no longer be synthesized in the brain in some pathways it causes Parkinson’s disease). Dopamine also play roles in the Mesolimbic system which modulates emotion/and reward in the context of many other neurotransmitters ( serotonin, opiods etc). Dopamine also helps modulate and enhance cognition through the meso- limbic pathway( this is part of how coffee increases alertness and awaressness)I love jocko and think he’s the man and a warrior but I just wanna add my two cents
so, is he wrong about avoiding "un-earned" dopamine/positive emotion?
to me the concept is if looking at your phone for hours can make you as "happy" as something active, why would you do the much more difficult active thing?
@@opplez1159 so great question. As to if he is right or not I don’t know, I do know however that there is a lot of “ bro science” going on now with neurotransmitters in the same way that it happens with steroids and the endocrine system. I think the idea of letting your reward come from things that are meaningful then rather then what is not is a valid one, however I don’t know that has anything to do with neurotransmission and I am positive it is not even close to as simple as conserving your dopamine. I get frustrated when I see these videos now because I think that thinking about these problems in these terms means your operating with a false model of reality that is not congruent with what is happening in the brain, if that makes any sense.
I do love what jocko said, refuting the idea that people today are somehow always soft and would agree with him that the tough people are as tough as ever. Love that
^^this is why we started the Podcast - thank you for chiming in Robert!
@@Huckberryco thank you and keep up the great work. You ever want to talk neuroscience or psychiatry let me know.
I am going to do the Dopamine thing haha, Mr. Willink is the best!
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