Conditioning to Stop PMO with Pain

It might seem weird but what if causing pain can help in addiction? I don't mean like cutting yourself, that's extreme and should never be done. About three weeks after watching this 7 minute video here, the idea occurried to me. I recommend watching the video although I'll give a quick rundown. The video says that both the rewards system (which release dopamine) and pain system supposed to be in homeostasis (in balance). By doing PMO/MO the body releases dopamine and the body will try to get back in homeostasis by causing pain. This pain is essentially the guilt, the depression, etc that follows after PMO/MO. It is mild or non-existant when you're not an addict. However, when you are an addict, you experience more pain which last longer and this is explained in the video above.

Now it has dawned on me, what if we try to get the dopamine by causing pain to ourselves? Sounds crazy? Maybe it is, maybe it isn't. There are different dopamine receptors in the brain and one of them is actived to decrease pain when we receive them (I've read that from this article). Essentially, the idea is to cause pain to release dopamine and get the reward system and pain system but in homeostasis (in balance). Once we can do that, it becomes easier to get out of the addiction.

Only two days ago I've realised that I like to cause pain to myself and when I think of it, it's because it feels good. That's the dopamine being released I presumed.

I'll like feedback/ideas/opinions on what you think about this and if you cause pain to yourself because it just feels good.

 

it's not intended to be anything extreme as I mentioned. for me, I like the muscle soreness amongst other things. but for the muscle soreness the day after a workout, I always find myself extending the muscles to get the pain from it

 

This is indeed a concern and I hope no one actually gets addicted to it