@mindbrainbodylab: #stitch @Debbie | NYC Therapist Does avoiding pain dull your ability to feel pleasure? Let’s fact-check this popular claim! Turns out, pain and pleasure might share some brain real estate, but they’re cooking up very different recipes. Think of your brain like a kitchen—both a spicy dish (pain) and a sweet dessert (pleasure) can happen in the same space, but each uses unique ingredients and pathways. Bottom line: Pain and pleasure overlap in brain regions but involve distinct mechanisms—neuroscience is nuanced, not binary. Curious to learn more about striking a healthy pleasure-pain balance (and why popping an opioid is like removing your sense of taste)? Check out Dr. Anna Lembke’s ‘Dopamine Nation’ and hit that share button to help bust myths about. #NeuroscienceExplained #brain #Myths #science

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