Quote Originally Posted by Pyre_Born View Post
What if we limit the pleasant effects to a very short time, making people want it more, also changing the time before withdrawal to complement the need. By the time people realize the negative effects that last far longer, they are already addicted. Something like getting Happiness, that will last for an hour or so, but the negative effects still last for the entire length of time. That way if you want to bypass the negative you have to take more in a shorter amount of time, thus increasing the likely hood that you will become addicted?
Sounds good, but why limit it on positive emotions?
Anger can get people to stand up for themselves and improve their situation,.
Guilt can lead to understanding what you did wrong and what you should do to fix it, at first. I also thought about an idea of a serial killer that got addicted to guilt, but couldn`t get the drug anymore, so he started killing innoccents becuse of his addiction.
Deppression could lead to thinking about your life, and what`s wrong with it (and when you`re not sad anymore, you might act to improve your life and know what to focus on, becuse you spent hours thinking about it).