I’m noticing how my nervous system learned to chase quick dopamine hits, and as I’ve stepped back from screens, casual eating out, and even the grind of constant work, I can finally feel the quiet underneath the urge to be stimulated. It’s uncomfortable at first, because the mind wants the ping and the body wants the rush, but breathing through the craving shows me it’s mostly fear wearing a shiny costume. What I’m discovering is that sacrifice isn’t deprivation, it’s devotion, and the more I let go of cheap highs, the more I sense a deeper, steady presence that was always here. Silence stops feeling like emptiness and starts feeling like medicine, and the space I was trying to fill becomes a doorway into something sacred. I’m choosing slower meals at home, simpler days, and work that is honest rather than frantic, and my attention feels stronger, warmer, and less needy. I did a salt, lemon, and water detox and I was in the bathroom for 2 hours, my guts were really cleansed. Then I fasted for 36 hours. If you’ve tried a dopamine detox or changed your habits to calm your nervous system, what shifts did you notice when the noise dropped? Where did it get hard, and what helped you stay with it when the cravings came back? I’d love to hear your experiences, your stumbling points, and the small practices that opened more presence for you.

Consider: Two individuals of any age interact with each other, over duration, equals exponential compounded effect. (Age 30) x (Age 30) x 10 minutes = 30 years x 30 years x 10 minutes = potentially 900 collective years in 10 minutes. 10x10x10 (10 minutes of real time, that 10 is independent to each individual, so 10 for individual 1, 10 for individual 2, 10 shared) 10x10x10 is 1000 minutes, 1000 minutes is the average time an individual spends awake each day. Meaning, the sheer information volume is accumulating at increased rate above baseline and random chance accumulation. It's a simple concept, it's just tricky to communicate neatly and cleanly. If an individual spends 10 minutes in reflection, let's say the individual is 30, that is 30 years of accumulated experience, leveraged into 10 minutes. That 10 minutes can alter perception of the past, and shape trajectory of the future. The more this is done, the more probability pools of outcomes are altered. This is the quickest, simplest, most boring way of doing "magick". Consider 2 individuals over a year: individual 1 leads a busy life, and doesn't take time to introspect. Individual 2 leads a mediocre life, but reflects 10 minutes a month. Individual 1 has more accumulated substrate to work through, but will have more complexity and sophistication, quicker, with sufficient reflection. Individual 2 lacks substrate complexity, but the coherency and clarity allows for foundational stability to support greater complexity in the future. By reflecting and interacting with others who reflect, massive amounts of time and information can be accumulated, synthesized, and integrated, rapidly. Adding dimensionality to time and time interactions, can rapidly increase growth. However, it can also lead to detriment. For example, 10 minutes of doomscrolling or co-ruminating works in the same way. Accumulating thoughts and information otherwise foreign to an individual's own psychological ecosystem, will start to overwrite the system.

I've heard that dopamine detox is very beneficial. Especially in today's world, screen addiction keeps us away from life itself. What do you think about this? Has anyone tried it before?