Emily Olson

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So simply changing the external environment by, say, getting a new job doesn’t necessarily break that addiction any more than someone addicted to drugs would be able to stop their cravings just by winning the lottery or moving to Hawaii. Because of the thinking-feeling loop, sooner or later—after the novelty of the experience is over—most people return to their baseline emotional state, and the body believes it is in the same old experience that created the same old emotions. So if you were miserable
Becoming Supernatural: How Common People are Doing the Uncommon
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