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20/11/2024

If you don’t get this reference, we can’t be friends.

18/11/2024

:::From my Custom GTP “My Alg” link in the comments:::

The Science of Happiness: How Gratitude Changes Your Brain

Gratitude isn’t just a nice habit; it’s a powerful tool that rewires your brain for greater happiness and resilience. Neuroscientists have found that practicing gratitude activates the brain’s reward system, particularly the ventral and dorsal medial prefrontal cortex. These areas are associated with feelings of pleasure, moral cognition, and emotional regulation.

When you focus on gratitude, your brain releases feel-good neurotransmitters like dopamine and serotonin, which enhance mood and promote long-term emotional health. Over time, consistent gratitude practice strengthens neural pathways, making positive thinking and emotional balance more automatic.

Practical ways to cultivate gratitude include:
1. Keeping a gratitude journal: Write down 3 things you’re thankful for each day.
2. Gratitude letters: Express appreciation to someone in your life through a heartfelt note.
3. Mindful reflection: Take a few moments daily to focus on positive moments or achievements, no matter how small.

Research also shows that gratitude improves relationships, enhances physical health by lowering stress hormones, and even boosts the immune system.

Comment from a reader, Sam K.:
“Gratitude has helped me through tough times. It reminds me to focus on what I have, not what I lack—it’s like a daily mental reset.”

Would you like to dive deeper into gratitude-related practices, or respond “More” for 3 more topics?

18/11/2024

Check out what’s trending filtered thru one on my new Custom GTPs “My Alg” that only picks positive and uplifting topics from the media.

14/11/2024

Sensory gating plays a role in many everyday experiences, where the brain filters out unnecessary or repetitive sensory information to prevent sensory overload. Here are some common examples:
1. Ignoring Background Conversations: In a busy place like a coffee shop or a crowded office, we can focus on a conversation with one person and ignore other background voices. This is often referred to as the “cocktail party effect.”
2. Traffic or Airplane Noise: People who live near a busy street or an airport often stop noticing the noise over time. The brain habituates to the constant sound, allowing people to sleep or focus despite the noise.
3. Feeling of Clothes on the Skin: When you first put on clothes, you may feel the fabric against your skin, but as the day goes on, your brain tunes out this sensation, so it doesn’t become distracting.
4. Breathing or Heartbeat Awareness: Under normal circumstances, we’re rarely aware of our own breathing or heartbeat because the brain filters these sensations out unless something changes, like faster breathing during exercise.
5. Odors: When you walk into a room with a strong scent, like a bakery or a room with a new candle, you notice it initially, but after a few minutes, your brain adapts, and the smell becomes less noticeable unless it changes.
6. Visual Field “Blindness”: Although the nose is in our field of vision, our brains filter it out so we don’t constantly see it. Similarly, we don’t constantly notice peripheral visual information unless something changes or moves.
7. Pain Adaptation: For chronic, low-level pain, such as mild joint pain or a minor ache, the brain can start to filter it out to some extent so the sensation doesn’t overwhelm our attention. However, new or sharp pain can break through this sensory gating.
8. Keyboard Typing Sounds: People who work at a computer all day usually stop noticing the sounds of typing or clicking. It becomes background noise that the brain filters out.
9. Room Temperature Adjustments: When you enter a cold or warm room, you feel the difference in temperature, but after a while, your body adapts, and you stop noticing it unless the temperature shifts again.

Sensory gating helps us focus on what’s important in any given moment by filtering out repetitive or non-threatening stimuli, freeing up cognitive resources for new or potentially significant sensory input.

01/11/2024

🖤✨ The Science of Wakanda: How Close Are We to Vibranium? 🖤✨

Ever wondered how Wakanda’s tech could exist in real life? Vibranium is the Marvel Universe’s most versatile metal, powering everything from Black Panther’s suit to the entire nation’s advanced technology. While vibranium itself is fictional, real-world science is exploring materials with incredible properties that might be closer than you think!

🔍 Scientists are researching new materials for energy storage, durability, and even self-repair – similar to vibranium’s unique qualities. Could we be on the verge of a tech breakthrough worthy of Wakanda? Drop your thoughts in the comments!



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27/08/2024

All fruit you eat breath. Yes, even in your home. Yes, even as you are eating them. You are technically eating them alive!

24/08/2024

Love Spader as Ultron!

James Spader is set to reprise the role of Ultron for Marvel Studios’ upcoming Vision series with Paul Bettany.
https://bit.ly/3YTF9Dx

20/08/2024

17/08/2024

This is the best Fortnite Creative map as of 8-17-24 (New Marvel Season) to get XP while still having fun. Well worth the time investing to go thru the first two Rebirths for the money bonus to rebuild you base faster and faster. You will set yourself up to get all your creative XP quickly daily and still have fun while doing it.

Fortnite Creative 2.0 - SPY TYCOON Fortnite Chapter 5 season 2CODE DE LA MAP : 5619-4897-0408

27/06/2024

Only the deepest thoughts, the Best A.I.

26/05/2024

Made this about a year ago, this Fortnite creative map fits perfectly with the current seasons theme. You can play two teams with NPCs backing you up on an endless death race fought in vehicles and on foot.

Come play Battle Road by sami_rye in Fortnite Creative. Enter the map code 0523-0831-9855 and start playing now!

05/03/2024

How I feel after defeating the Number 1 Ranked Armored Core in the Arena.

I am sure many of you can relate lol

24/12/2023

Vehicle Building Fail

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07/12/2023

Item shop will reset after 10 hours instead of the usual time🔥😍
Adventure Peely will be there to welcome you all!
Please use code Mr_zero_kills in the item shop!

25/11/2023