You can want things you don’t like and like things you don’t want | Psyche Ideas
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You can want things you don’t like and like things you don’t want | Psyche Ideas
“When people make decisions, they privilege wanting over liking,” Berridge said. “Wanting is much more robust and big and broad and powerful. Liking is anatomically tiny and fragile—it’s easily disrupted and it occupies only a very small part of the brain. In contrast, it’s not easy to disrupt the activation of an intense want.
Adam Alter • Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked
Desire (as opposed to need) is an intellectual appetite for things that you perceive to be good, but that you have no physical, instinctual basis for wanting – and that’s true whether those things are actually good or not.
Aeon • How to Know What You Really Want | Psyche Guides
They labeled the drive that dopamine seemed to induce as “wanting” and called the joy of being satiated, which did not seem to be connected with dopamine, “liking.”
Maia Szalavitz • Dopamine: The Currency of Desire
Can we be at peace with what happens? Different parts of the brain handle liking—enjoying or preferring something—and wanting, in the sense here of craving.
Rick Hanson • Neurodharma
"Focus on your likes, not your wants.
Wanting is the desire you feel before doing something. Liking is the satisfaction you feel after do... See more
- You may not want to exercise, but you like how it makes you feel.
- You may not want to write, but you like the feeling of accomplishment.
- You may not want to wake up early, but you like the calm beauty of morning.
Wanting is the desire you feel before doing something. Liking is the satisfaction you feel after do... See more
3-2-1: On the power of going for it, the value of sharing what you know, and how to figure out what you really want
Taste only triggers liking. This is why artificial sweeteners are not able to replace sugars, they only trigger liking but not the craving in the gut. They do not signal the brain that it doesn’t need to crave anymore.
Andrew Huberman • Dr. Charles Zuker: The Biology of Taste Perception & Sugar Craving
You might ask, What would I do if I had no likes or dislikes? You would take life as it comes. You would experience it. And because you would not be taking sides, you would enjoy it immensely. Please understand this: When you have likes and dislikes, you have a desire for one thing and an aversion for another. This is a deep and painful imprisonmen
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