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Addiction causes the brain's pleasure-pain balance to shift toward a chronic state of pain, leading individuals to use substances to feel normal rather than to feel good.
“I'm essentially in a dopamine deficit state with a balance tilted to the side of pain. Now I have to keep using not to feel good but just to feel normal.”
Rich Roll · Aug 2025 · 1 episode · 19K views on this topicExtracted by a model; may misattribute who said what.