Breathwork

Meditation

Exercise

Sleep

I think we might need to add a few more axises, as we're missing one for "potency" and one for "accessibility". Sleep and exercise tend to require a large chunk of uninterrupted time and focus. Breathwork and meditations great for getting through a short-term spike in stress but significantly less potent than caffeine, food, or alcohol. Quality therapy is good precisely because it is supposed to be highly potent in relatively small doses. But, even more than cost, its often something a prospective patient struggles to find.

Social media and consumerism are addictive because they are so heavily immersive, which is useful when you're attempting to block anxiety out. Meanwhile, Learning and Hobbies can require a certain degree of focus that someone staring down a panic attack has difficulty bringing to bare.

I have a reservation about the Y-value for “Hobbies.” 😁

Needs to be another axis representing how “easy” it is to show if it requires any effort to do

COCAIIIIIINNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!'

COKE COKE COKE CCCCCCOOOOOOOOCCCCCAAAAAIIIIINNNNEEEEEE!!!!!!!!

You and I must have different hobbies

you forgot sex

Wait... people get dopamine from exercise?!

If social media was so addictive why am I not on it right now?

No citation needed for overt pseudo-science.

https://judbrewer.substack.com/p/the-dopamine-myth-it-doesnt-make

What does sleep or meditation have to do with dopamine?

With the price of housing I think sleep should be listed as a high-cost activity

Therapy more expensive than hobbies?

You forgot drugs!

I'd argue that processed food (really, ultra processed food) is much more addictive and much less cheap then the chart implies

Ah, but you've forgotten the most crucial item. Listening to "Boyfriend gets hit by a meteor and fucking does ASMR".

Sleep ain't cheap! Sleep is a luxury for people with No dependents and the time to prioritize.