The trifecta of what controls us

[Volatile]

fear of death, chasing dopamine and chasing serotonin

 

[Wantingpeace]

Eh? Have severe fear of death near constant near death bad experience I took a drug effecting dopamine serotinin

 

[throwaway123]

fear of death, chasing dopamine and chasing serotonin

thank you, you're one of the few people capable of seeing the world in its true colors.

 

[bigj75]

My thing is. Is it really that bad that those things are what controls us? I remember chasing those things when I wasn't depressed and I was content.

 

[Volatile]

My thing is. Is it really that bad that those things are what controls us? I remember chasing those things when I wasn't depressed and I was content.

The hamster is content on his wheel but he's still a prisoner

 

[bigj75]

The hamster is content on his wheel but he's still a prisoner

We can't change being a prisoner. But some prisoners so still end up happy. If you don't end up happy then suicide is an option. Which in my case is the option i will take.

 

[Caustic Cardinals]

A prisoner to our own mind.

Makes me think of Plato's Allegory of the cave.

 

[bigj75]

A prisoner to our own mind.

Makes me think of Plato's Allegory of the cave.

"The Matrix is everywhere. It is all around us. Even now, in this very room. You can see it when you look out your window or when you turn on your television. You can feel it when you go to work... when you go to church... when you pay your taxes. It is the world that has been pulled over your eyes to blind you from the truth.
Neo: What truth?
Morpheus: That you are a slave, Neo. Like everyone else you were born into bondage. Into a prison that you cannot taste or see or touch. A prison for your mind."

 

[Caustic Cardinals]

"The Matrix is everywhere. It is all around us. Even now, in this very room. You can see it when you look out your window or when you turn on your television. You can feel it when you go to work... when you go to church... when you pay your taxes. It is the world that has been pulled over your eyes to blind you from the truth.
Neo: What truth?
Morpheus: That you are a slave, Neo. Like everyone else you were born into bondage. Into a prison that you cannot taste or see or touch. A prison for your mind."

thank you for this,