The Superman team found a drug rehabilitation center set up by a charity in New York, where most of the doctors and nurses worked were volunteers, usually in their spare time. Based on the market research of the three of them, Tom decided to choose this drug rehabilitation center to realize his ambitions.

Here first, let's talk about the mechanism of drug addiction and why it is not easy to quit drugs.

The human brain is thought to have a "happiness mechanism" that transmits the message of happiness through dopamine, an element in the brain. Dopamine, a neurotransmitter, normally resides in the brain's nerve wandering cells, and once released, it binds to the pleasure receptors in the nervous system and reaches the nerve cells under the load of the pleasure receptors. Dopamine then transmits happy messages to nerve cells one by one, causing them to feel from ordinary happiness to extreme happiness.

The "happiness mechanism" was originally used to reward human survival and reproductive behavior, and is an instinctive response of the human nervous system, such as eating, drinking, sexual activity, winning competitions, etc., which will make our brain produce comfortable and pleasant pleasure, and the "happiness mechanism" is also commonly known as the "reward mechanism".

The brain infected with drugs is different from the normal brain, which is a physiological and chemical difference.

Scientists found through the FMRF tube (a human physiological monitoring device) that when a drug addict injects, inhales or swallows drugs, the happy nerve circle in the brain is drawn in a straight line, which greatly shortens the transmission distance of dopamine and strengthens the feeling of happiness in the brain; Therefore, the stimulation of the "pleasure mechanism" in the brain by drugs is far faster and stronger than the stimulation of normal human activities such as winning the lottery. And most fundamentally, drugs change the brain's "happiness mechanism", which is often referred to as the "reward mechanism".

For example, after entering the body, it will quickly invade the migratory cells carrying dopamine; Because the ** molecule binds to these migratory cells very strongly, they can easily occupy the position that originally belongs to dopamine, and if they can't find dopamine to bind to the migratory cells, they can only be forced to bind to the happy receiver. As a result, the "happiness mechanism" was activated.

As the "happiness mechanism" in the brain is activated, people who receive drugs will have strong bursts of pleasure, which is often referred to as the "upstroke" feeling; However, when ** finally recedes from the brain system and the wandering cells begin to clean up the excess dopamine again, the happy line stops burning, and the pleasure will disappear quickly, which is often referred to as the "collapse" feeling.

Because the "upstroke" is so violent, and then followed by the "collapse", this process causes a more profound change in people's emotions. Now you'll feel worse than you did before the medication, and you'll have a strong desire to get excited again.

In doing so, you enter what scientists call a state of "craving"; Of course, the only thing that can raise your dopamine production to the previous level and make you feel better is more.

Each drug stimulates the brain's pleasure neurochemical system in different ways, but long-term drug use can cause changes in brain function. The main change is that it reduces the number of dopamine-carrying pleasure receptors in the brain, and the more drugs are ingested, the more pleasure receptors are removed.

The number of happy receivers is getting smaller and smaller, which means that less and less dopamine can bind to nerve cells, and over time, the "happiness mechanism" will become more and more flat, so in order to achieve or even exceed the original level of stimulation, drug addicts must constantly increase the dose of drugs, so that the nerve wandering cells in the brain release more dopamine to compensate.

The speed at which the brain produces pleasure receptors is far less than the speed at which drugs remove pleasure receptors from the brain, resulting in addicts relying on drugs to find pleasure, which is why drugs are easily addictive.

And for those who have been using drugs for a long time, they can also turn off the gene responsible for making the happy receiver, if this gene is still inactive for a long time after drug withdrawal, they are more likely to make up for the brain's defective "happiness mechanism" through relapse drug use, which is why drug addiction is difficult to quit.

On the morning of June 10, Tom first approached the director of the charity drug rehabilitation center and talked to them about his plans.

Tom tells the other party that he is a person who is proficient in hypnotism, and can adjust the mental state of the addict through psychological suggestion, which can easily make the depressed mood of the addict excited.

The specific method is to let the drug addicts and Tom talk in the same room for a few words, and drink the medicine prepared by the drug rehabilitation center for the drug addicts in front of Tom. Tom expects a course of treatment to take a week.

The director of the drug rehabilitation center was skeptical, and he asked Tom to explain the plan in detail, otherwise it would not be convincing; Who knows if he came to the drug rehabilitation center to do some experiments, and other drug rehabilitation centers still have to consider being responsible for the patients.

Tom felt that his plan did not need to be kept secret, so he discussed it in detail with the director of the drug rehabilitation center.

"My plan was to give me an office and give him whatever he wanted to drink when the drug addicts came in; I will mentally hint to the person who has been detoxified that what he has just drunk is the latest special drug that has been developed, which can immediately mobilize the excitatory nerves of the human body; Then I would suggest that the person being rehabilitated was getting excited and happy; Of course, I will also let the detoxified person understand that this drug is not a drug after all, and the pleasure it produces is definitely not as strong as the pleasure produced by the drug, but the detoxified person does not come to take drugs, so although the pleasure is not as good as the drug, it is already much happier than usual, which will make the detoxified person have a psychological balance; In addition, by mobilizing the excitatory nerves of the detoxified person, it is also beneficial for the normal recovery of their physical functions, because my practice should promote the production of happiness receptors in the brain. ”

After listening carefully to what Tom said, the director of the drug rehabilitation center seemed very interested, and he asked a special question: "You said that you implied to the patients that they were taking the latest special drug for detoxification, did you say this directly with your mouth?" ”

"I don't say it directly, no one can hear me say something like this, I just hint through hypnosis."

"Oh, can you not even do this hint that there is a special drug, in case the patient goes out to advertise that we have a special drug, then the Food and Drug Administration will review it, because we have no right to use any drugs that have not been approved by the review."

Tom said helplessly: "I understand this, so I don't use words to say it, but choose to hint directly, implying that this process must have something, otherwise I will not be able to carry out subsequent hypnotic suggestion; In fact, you can choose one person to witness the process together, so as to prove that I have not said anything new about the drug, it is completely the patient's imagination. ”

The director of the drug rehabilitation center thought about it again and said, "Can you demonstrate this process in front of me, and if it is feasible, I will arrange for a nurse to work with you, and if something else happens, you can also act as a witness." "Yes, anytime."

The director of the drug rehabilitation center said with some regret: "It's a pity that all the medicines have been distributed to patients this morning, do you think you are free this afternoon or evening?" ”

Tom smiled confidently and said, "Just find a random patient and prepare a glass of water for him." When the director of the drug rehabilitation center heard this, he immediately informed the person to prepare a glass of water and found a patient who was addicted to drugs.

When the numb drug addict was introduced to the office of the director of the drug rehabilitation center by a nurse, the director beckoned him to sit down and asked him with concern if he wanted to eat it in the morning.

The director introduced Tom to the drug addicts and said, "This is Tom, a new expert---- and he wants to know about your condition. The drug addict looked at Tom listlessly, but did not speak.

Then Tom began to talk to the other party, Tom's speech was also small talk, and the director of the drug rehabilitation center listened to it next to him and felt that there was no novelty, I don't know if the drug addict was out of politeness, anyway, Tom asked, although people seemed weak, but people would also answer.

When Tom persuaded the other party to drink the glass of water first, the drug rehabilitation officer said that he didn't want to drink water, and then saw Tom look at the other party with a sincere expression and persuade: "Have a drink, it will definitely be good for you." ”

It is also strange to say that after being persuaded by Tom, the drug rehabilitation officer can be seen that his eyes light up, and his eyes can be seen and then he has a little brightness, and then he saw the drug rehabilitation officer pick up the cup and drink the glass of water in one go.

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