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Maybe the fact that out first instinct when someone makes a positive observation is to remind them how awful everything else is, is part of the problem?

Depends on if you want to change things or pretend like its all beautiful. I mean hay if you get up and have a big breakfast who wants to have a reminder about the starving people in the world right I just finished eating I got ya I agree.

Would you like to change things or keep pretending everything awful? It goes both ways. One thing that's going to make the world better is making others feel good about it, you may be a nice person but I disagree with your thoughts on this. Also the world wouldn't be better off without people, just like other animals we're a part of the eco systems and whether you think it or not we're not "superior" to animals when it comes to the food chain and the dependence other animals have on us and we have on them

Of course we are superior to other animals you ever see a squirrel with a high powered rifle or a moose land on the moon how about a dolphin performing Surgery as for part of the ecosystem guess again we pollute the land and water and deplete them both of minerals and living beings of all kinds, tear down habitats to the point of making other species extinct. My first comment was ignorance is bliss you are a prime example. you think your going to change the world by making people feel good about it? you tell me who your going to make feel good to bring back the rhinos from extinction, that poachers hunted to death and who you're going to make feel good to stop the deforestation wiping out wild life habitat all over the world. Dreaming is fine but you're a fool.

Haha, I never said making someone 'feel good' was the only thing I'm doing. I can tell you see me as an idiot who has my head in the clouds etc. I've been to bad places and seen bad things blah blah. I've also seen what helping others can do, have you studied the relationship between hope and cognitive functioning? It's amazing really, in short hope actually increases the brain's abilities and dopamine levels, you should look it up I think you'd enjoy it.
When I said superior, of course humans are more developed but we are no better than any other animal in the ecosystem, if humans all die, the ecosystem falls a part. That's all I was trying to say. I'd like to know what you're doing to help if you feel this passionately about it, because putting down others positive way of thinking does the opposite of what you want.

I know all about cognitive therapy and I find it to be all bull shit its faith healing. If you believe then it works or you convince your self it works.as for dopamine levels lots of things raise them and there finding its not a good thing. Increase in dopamine equals decrease in receptors so little thing in life are less enjoyable. As for the ecosystem if all humans die it will fall a part. No it will revert back to the way it was before we messed it all up the ecosystem doesn't need humons .2 videos for you 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-h15wX14po there is a ton of these showing how good it is with out humans and number 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysa5OBhXz-Q when you watch the second one remember humans kill wolfs because wolfs kill sheep/cattle and they destroy beaver dams if they deem it necessary.

And ya I did see you as a idiot but from what im reading it looks like your Australian that changes my thought on you a lot. 10 years playing lord of the rings with a girl from there and your just as annoying as her I swear a volcano could burry an aussies house and they would be like well I can still go to the pub at least and be all happy, I think that's what happens when you live like 10 feet from the sun.

Haha you're a funny one, I don't mean that as an insult just in case you interpret it as one. Can you specify what you mean by cognitive therapy? There are many many areas and methods under that one title. An increase in dopamine does not decrease receptors, that's not how it works, your receptors remain the same amount regardless of the amount of hormones you have. The more dopamine you have actually INCREASES the joy you feel towards the little things as you're more likely to trigger it. An example of this is serial killers, the reason they kill is usually because that section of their brain at the pre-frontal cortex isn't developed due to childhood stress and other reasons, therefore their ability to feel happiness or dopamine (in simple terms) didn't develop, so to reach a level of happiness that normal people would feel from something like a simple party, they need to kill to feel that rush and to release dopamine and adrenaline.

It's okay if that doesn't make sense I can send you articles and stuff to help explain if you would like.
I watched the videos and they're very interesting, you like wolves? I do, they're gorgeous animals. Anyway I see where you're coming from and I do agree that people are destroying habitats and killing off animals, however, that's mostly due to a lack of education of animals importance and the overpopulation of humans. I agree that with a smaller amount of people the world would be better off but not ALL humans, as we are still a natural part of the worlds ecosystems.
I am Australian, I don't think you can judge who I am based off one random girl you know who happens to also be Australian but we are pretty upbeat people. (Technically we all live the same distance from the sun but I get ya joke)

Sorry thought you would understand about the receptors I should of said uptake . Trying to write short explanation to make it all fit sucks so hard to have a real conversation like this. Serial killer thing true well not exactly but I think your doing same thing as me simplifying it to shorten it up, but that's one extreme im talking the other extreme. Day one you shop lift get rush after five days its not a rush so have to go bigger and bigger same thing with dopamine well sort of that's a real simple example. Don't want to come off as crude but best examples/studies is involving masturbation and porn addiction. How many receptors comes in to play also best studies for that is alcoholics. Of course this is all having to do with the brain and we Don't know shit when it comes rite down to it. you can find a study proving almost any thing on this subject.

Any way here is the basics of cognitive therapy https://positivepsychologyprogram.com/cbt-cognitive-behavioral-therapy-techniques-worksheets/#cbt you got to realize I've dealt with mental health people before I find psychiatrist are just a bunch or snake oil sales men and therapist are just faith healer and will never trust ether ever again but im not like real mental not schizophrenic or any thing. And we are talking 2 different country so might be different there in the us pills are thrown around like candy. Mental health is a billion dollar business here. Oh and I know several Australians and they are all up beat definite different culture there I find the way people talk about Canada being nice and apologetic Australia should be thought about for friendly and optimistic both annoying at times but ya got ta love them lol.

Yeah it'd be a lot easier face to face, it makes it difficult to get points across clearly through this. I do agree with the rush thing, you do have to increase it to get to that 'next level' I guess you could say but that's not necessarily dopamine that's more adrenaline and nor adrenaline. We know A LOT about the brain, of course we'll never know everything that's impossible but the basics about hormones and most behaviour is pretty basic we know that. What was the point of explaining dopamine again? I've lost the point I'm trying to make.

Oh yeah CBT and all that, that works but it only works if the patient is willing to part take in it. It's all about self awareness and linking how the functions in our brain impact our behaviour and therefore our thoughts etc. Personally I think psychiatrists and psychologist are amazing, (I'm gonna be one lol) they go through 8 years of intense studies and work soI trust them and they know what they're talking about. (I don't like counsellors and people without actual degrees though). What country are you from? Here in Australia drugs are the last resort so you have to get assigned to a therapist or psychiatrist by your doctor then proceed with that until you're allowed drugs (unless it's a mental illness that needs drugs to begin therapy). I can't ever categorise a country or groups of people, it's too hard, everyone is so different. I'm glad you think we're upbeat and friendly though, that's nice to hear ahah I agree that pure optimism all the time get's DAMN annoying

im in the US, here you go see a psychiatrist for 10 or 15 min Max and they got a pill for you its ridicules you could come back the next day and they wont know your name but they prescribed a dangerous potentially deadly pill with out thought. And I find they don't know much about the brain but try to make people believe they do. I had one teacher in college he was great, explained things in a way that showed the truth instead of trying to in press the students got in to a lot about how we are told things, like a researcher will say you see cause and affect so we know a lot about the brain and you ask ok but why the cause and why the effect and they can't answer, take a savant, the cause, he is autistic the effect, he can do super hard math at lightning speed why no one knows for sure, 20 different theories though. Well last I new any way I've not done any studying on that one lately but you get the idea.

but one of the real problems is experts are sure about what they know if your bipolar or schizophrenic you go see a psychologist he is sure of exactly how to treat you and what pills to give just as sure as the doctors that did lobotomies and shock therapy years ago and a lot of the time he is just as wrong. Any way this subject is to much for little chat like this so I think im going to stop here and ill say good luck with school and I hope your a better doctor then the ones I've dealt with. Its been fun and im sure we will talk in other posts. Wrote this at 4am so totally ignore spelling and grammar my brain is slow this late and my eyes just aren't what they used to be.

Damn that sucks, our health rules here are WAY different. Yeah Savants are crazy and interesting to learn about. If you want to study psychology you should try some courses outside of the US or something
Yeah, I agree some doctors or psychiatrists give out pills way too liberally it's stupid and that doesn't actually help the patient improve it just dulls the symptoms and effects .
Thank you! I don't know if you're in school or whatever but good luck to you too, I'll try my best to treat people correctly if I ever become a psychologist for humans. It's been very informative I agree
Jeez what are you doing awake at 4am lol, go to sleep

Rachee you are a ray of sunshine in an otherwise dark world