So let's talk about dopamine.
Most people have heard of dopamine, and we hear all the time now about dopamine hits.
But actually there's no such thing as a dopamine hit.
And actually the way that your body uses dopamine is to have a baseline level of dopamine.
Meaning an amount of dopamine that's circulating in your brain and body all the time.
And that turns out to be important for how you feel generally, whether or not you're in a good mood, motivated, et cetera.
And you also can experience peaks in dopamine above baseline.
Now, this has a very specific name in the neurobiology literature, so-called tonic and phasic release of dopamine.
And I'll explain what that means in a couple of minutes.
But if you remember nothing else from this episode, please remember this, that when you experience something or you crave something really desirable, really exciting to you, very pleasurable.
