Originally Posted by
greeteachday 
Winnie, I wonder if the shop lifting thing is part of the rush...that high and excitement that is similar to what one gets when just thinking about the next time he will get drugs. All that dopamine action once again...?
definitely and this is a lot of what that dopamine question was all about.
but it also goes along with a lot of teen behavior - they just dont have the developed brain yet that understands consequence. the part that controls excitement is all there so they do stupid things for the thrill. problem is when they start doing drugs so early on they dont ever develop those other parts of their brain. i think that's why i have him locked up so much - just in the hopes that his brain has some chance to develop.