The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
So you've got these molecules like dopamine that make you focused on the things you want and the things you crave. And then you've got the molecules that make you content with what you have. So the most important thing, perhaps in creating a healthy emotional landscape is to have a balance between these two neuromodulator systems
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dopamine biases us toward thinking about what we don't have whereas serotonin and some of the related molecules like the endoc canabo if you picked up on the word cannabinoid yes it's like cannabis because cannabis attaches to endoc canabo receptors and the endoc canabo are receptors and chemicals that the cannabinoids that you naturally make that are involved in things like forgetting but you make these molecules that bind to these receptors that make you feel kind of bliss out and content in the present