We are addicted to being present

• https://youtu.be/mVhdgZMLOjg

• Dr. K shares something that’s very insightful about Time

• we are the only species in this world who is capable of suicide

• and it’s partly because of our awareness of time which also helped us reach to the Moon and survive famines

• think of the time where your holiday was coming to an end

  • we naturally start feeling sad. I’d rather than being happy that you’re still in your holidays and that is because we have a deep sense of awareness of time
  • The same can be applied to Sundays before the start of your school day or work day

• so as you can see once we think of the future or the past we start feeling negative emotions

  • future = hopelessness
  • past = regrets

• Enter the internet, a one-way ticket to avoid thinking about the present or future

  • this is why doomscrolling feels good - because it stops you from thinking about past and future and puts you into the present
    • we lose the dimension of time (a.k.a be in the now) and that is very addicting

• other things that bring us to the now include:

  • cold plunge
  • Pornography
    • A possible reason for Why are you so horny

• Behavioral activation and inhibition therapy

  • trains us to act without hope. Because action leads to hope
    • probably because we put some time into it, so we want it to work out🤷‍♂️🤔
  • this is the key to overcoming depression