Episode 29 The Highway to Heaven, My Highway to Hell; Reward pathways, Dopamine, and the Cephalic Phase of Addiction

Running Man Self Regulation Skills Project

The cephalic phase of hunger extends to acquisition, seeking and hunting. By the visual recall alone will the body drive, seek and hunt to satiate a primal need to survive and to get survival level payoff/reward. By the same token it is the preceding spark that creates an anticipatory "high before the high" that if left unsatisfied can result in feelings of deprivation, irritation, anxiety, anger aggression, violence and even homicide and suicide at the extreme. This is a deeply powerful motivator of many behaviors that become destructive and toxic as well as very difficult to change or stop.