Essentials: How to Control Your Sense of Pain & Pleasure

<p>In this <a href="https://www.hubermanlab.com/essentials">Huberman Lab Essentials</a> episode, I explore the sensations of pain and pleasure, explaining how they are sensed in the body and interpreted by the brain as well as methods to control their intensity.</p>
<p>I discuss both the hardwired mechanisms and subjective factors that shape an individual’s perception of pain and pleasure. I also explain why pain thresholds vary from person to person and discuss various treatments for pain management such as acupuncture and supplements. Finally, I explain the role of key neurochemicals like dopamine and serotonin in mediating our experience of pain and pleasure.</p>
<p>Read the episode show notes at <a href="https://www.hubermanlab.com/episode/essentials-how-to-control-your-sense-of-pain-pleasure">hubermanlab.com</a>.</p>
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<p><strong>Timestamps</strong></p>
<p>00:00:00 Pain &amp; Pleasure</p>
<p>00:00:39 Skin, Appetitive vs Aversive Behaviors </p>
<p>00:02:10 Skin, Neurons &amp; Brain</p>
<p>00:04:46 Brain Interpretation, Homunculus, Two-Point Discrimination Test</p>
<p>00:07:43 Pain &amp; Pleasure, Subjective Interpretation</p>
<p>00:09:53 Sponsor: AG1 </p>
<p>00:11:30 Tool: Pain &amp; Expectation</p>
<p>00:13:08 Pain Threshold </p>
<p>00:14:46 Heat &amp; Cold, Tool: Moving into Cold or Hot Environments</p>
<p>00:16:37 Subjective Pain, Psychosomatic, Fibromyalgia, Whole Body Pain, Acetyl-L-carnitine</p>
<p>00:20:54 Acupuncture, Electroacupuncture, Pain Management</p>
<p>00:23:44 Sponsors: LMNT &amp; Eight Sleep</p>
<p>00:26:36 Red Heads &amp; Pain Threshold, Endorphins</p>
<p>00:28:32 Improving Pain Threshold, Dopamine </p>
<p>00:30:00 Pleasure, Dopamine, Serotonin; Depression, Anti-depressants</p>
<p>00:34:12 Pleasure &amp; Pain Balance, Dopamine, Addiction</p>
<p>00:36:08 Recap &amp; Key Takeaways</p>
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