“Hmm… That runs counter to what a number of studies have found, but that does not mean it cannot be ruled out. After all, opioid and dopaminergic systems and the HPA axis can both be activated either by psychoactive drugs or by behaviors. So it is still plausible that for a subset of cases, the same biological mechanisms support the development of addiction as well as self-harming behaviors.”
Rekker gave a non committal shrug. "I'm speaking as someone who was an addict and is still suicidal. Studies are only as good as the questions they ask."
Rekker had been in enough studies by this point but still stifled a laugh. "I don't just like pain when I'm trying to off myself or feel like shit."
He left the implications of what he was talking about unsaid for now, unless the twin asked.
Isamu’s eyes widened for a moment, though he felt no need to ask for clarification. He could easily read between the lines, and scoffed a hasty, “whatever releases dopamine in your nucleus accumbens, I suppose…”
That sort of thing was not a turn-on for the scientist. And unfortunately, very little scientific literature actually existed on that particular subject to fill in the gaps.
Rekker just shrugs and laughs at the reaction because what else can you really do? It takes all kinds of people and relationships were built on the right kind of strange coming together.
"When you're angry and depressed healthy outlets are important." Which was a more scientific approach to the shocking unspoken. "How's the number crunching going?"
It was time to change the subject even if he was amused and would, if it were one of the band, continue to harass.
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“Hmm… That runs counter to what a number of studies have found, but that does not mean it cannot be ruled out. After all, opioid and dopaminergic systems and the HPA axis can both be activated either by psychoactive drugs or by behaviors. So it is still plausible that for a subset of cases, the same biological mechanisms support the development of addiction as well as self-harming behaviors.”
Comorbidity at its finest. Wires getting crossed.
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Rekker had been in enough studies by this point but still stifled a laugh. "I don't just like pain when I'm trying to off myself or feel like shit."
He left the implications of what he was talking about unsaid for now, unless the twin asked.
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That sort of thing was not a turn-on for the scientist. And unfortunately, very little scientific literature actually existed on that particular subject to fill in the gaps.
no subject
"When you're angry and depressed healthy outlets are important." Which was a more scientific approach to the shocking unspoken. "How's the number crunching going?"
It was time to change the subject even if he was amused and would, if it were one of the band, continue to harass.