Tag Archives: Addiction

Opioids R Us

Posted on January 16, 2019 by Joel

With the current opioid addiction epidemic, you may wonder what the existence of endogenous opioid systems serves. Endogenous opioids manufactured in our brains right from the day we are born are the very same opioids being chemically manufactured. They are … Continue reading →

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Emotional Slave

Posted on December 23, 2018 by Joel

Seven Primary Affect Systems SEEKING or expectancy RAGE FEAR LUST CARING PANIC/GRIEF PLAY These seven basic emotional systems are the results of years of data-based lab research of functions of deep-brain neural systems. Panksepp summarized this research  in “The Archaeology of … Continue reading →

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Seeking Paradox

Posted on November 25, 2018 by Joel

Jaak Panksepp in his encyclopedic “The Archeology of Mind: Neuroevolutionary Origins” discusses Seven Primary Affective (intense emotional) Systems: 1. SEEKING or expectancy 2. RAGE 3. FEAR

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