**Date: [[2022-02-15]]** **What is the big idea?** Masking pain makes us more susceptible to it, intentionally inducing pain or feeling pain makes us less susceptible to it. For example a brief electric shock and or ice bath immersion can result in euphoria. However just like other stimuli, noxious stimuli can result in addictive relationship with escalating doses required to get the same outcome **What does this remind me of?** Cynthia feeling great after a cold shower or dip **When have I come across this lately?** Could this be related to the feedback people get from overcoming a challenge? Does this help with new habit formation?. Probably does because of the dopamine response. Maybe the struggle is related. Is [[Shine]] related the the euphoric response to struggle? **When do I want to stumble across this?** Hashtags: #on/behavior **Is this related to a doing or todo project?** **Sources:** [[Dopamine Nation]]