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Carl Jung said "About a third of my cases are suffering from no clinically definable neurosis, but from the senselessness and emptiness of their lives. This can be defined as the general neurosis of our times." In previous ages is was the paranoia of the 50s, the schizophrenia of the 90s, and now we find ourselves clinically joyless.

Yogthos @yogthos@social.marxist.network

A study of 24 people found that COVID discovered a new long-term consequence which is that the virus burns out dopamine receptors.

It affects the part of the brain responsible for motivation, happiness, and memory, and the sicker a person is, the worse the consequences.

sciencealert.com/brain-scans-o

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