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misanthrope

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4. True, same with food

Reply to Intractable (Reply #3)

Fri May 8, 2026, 05:54 PM

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People can develop compulsive habits with any number of things, because so much of it changes brain chemistry from either what you put in your body, or the actions that trigger specific chemical changes from the body's own sources.

Chocolate changes your chemistry. So does exercise. And anxiety.

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