The Mechanism: The rats learned to press a lever to receive a tiny electrical shock directly to this area of the brain, causing massive, repeated dopamine releases.
The Addiction: The stimulation was so rewarding that the rats abandoned all other behaviors. They stopped eating, drinking, and sleeping.
The Result: The rats would press the lever continuously—sometimes up to 7,000 times an hour—until they collapsed from exhaustion or died of starvation and dehydration.
^^^This is what my life feels like.
Please: Don’t give up. Do what you have to do, do the hard work. Do it now.