It was fascinating. The examples in relation to pain addictions were, in some cases, eye watering (think electrical currents!). The Wim Hof method itself is not generally an addiction to pain for most people. However there are some people that take a good thing too far. It explored some of the whys of this and was really interesting.

Well worth the read.

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Good, thanks for the recommendation ๐Ÿ™

Yeah, it's astonishing to realize that we are so often subconsciously addicted to suffering. I also went into this deeply with Vipassana meditation.

It's particularly revealing in relationship patterns, that many people due to conditioning require an element of pain in relationships, for example rejection or some strong needy emotion, without which they believe it can't be love.

Culturally we donโ€™t seem to be very good at understanding this, and that we are often the product of our own parentโ€™s upbringing.

I agree that meditation helps, if only to become more aware of our own conditioning. ๐Ÿ™