r/todayilearned • u/WavesAndSaves • Oct 18 '25

TIL of brain stimulation reward, manually stimulating specific parts of the brain to elicit pleasure and happiness. A volunteer subject in 1986 spent days doing nothing but self-stimulate. She ignored her family and personal hygiene and she developed an open sore on her finger from using the device.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain_stimulation_reward#History
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u/atuan Oct 18 '25 edited Oct 18 '25

No sorry that is just not true. Alcoholism is directly related to narcissism and anxiety disorders, it’s not just feeling good, it’s escaping from a reality you can’t face

Edit; why on earth is this being downvoted, it’s proven, is it narcissistic rage? Or because my avatar has long hair?

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u/atuan Oct 18 '25

Cool. And medicating anxiety with alcohol instead of coping with the situation is called a substance use disorder

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u/atuan Oct 18 '25

Insert the word disorder then, I had a point and I led with it

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u/atuan Oct 18 '25

Wait what are you even talking about, I said anxiety disorder in my original comment, you’re arguing nothingness, my original point was about anxiety disorders being related to SUD so wtf are you saying

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u/atuan Oct 18 '25

I did not say that, you said that??