📱 eBook en inglés THE IMMEDIATE CRAVING: UNLOCKING THE BIOLOGICAL CHASER MECHANISM

Dopamine, Depletion, and the Micro-Calculations of Addiction in the Human Nervous System

CAROL MOONEY

epubli- 9783565374182

Psicología Psicología clínica y psicopatología

Sinopsis de THE IMMEDIATE CRAVING: UNLOCKING THE BIOLOGICAL CHASER MECHANISM

The conventional understanding of addiction focuses on long-term tolerance and the agonizing symptoms of physical withdrawal after days of abstinence. But the true hook of addiction occurs in a fraction of a second. This is the Chaser Mechanism—the intense, immediate, and overwhelmingly powerful compulsion to consume a second dose the exact moment the effects of the first dose begin to fade.
When a substance artificially spikes dopamine levels, the brain immediately counteracts the surge by shutting down its own natural dopamine production to maintain balance (homeostasis). As the drug wears off, the user is not just returning to baseline; they are plunging into an artificial, chemically induced deficit. The brain panics at this sudden neurological void, screaming for another hit not to feel "high," but simply to escape the agonizing micro-withdrawal.
This book breaks down the brutal arithmetic of the reward pathway. We explore how this mechanism drives binge drinking, chain-smoking, and endless doomscrolling, focusing on the critical window of vulnerability that opens just minutes after a reward is processed.
Understand the math of your own compulsions. Learn how the brains desperate attempt to maintain chemical balance is the very trap that guarantees a binge.

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Editorial: Epubli

ISBN: 9783565374182

Idioma: Inglés

Fecha de lanzamiento: 30/03/2026

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