There is apparently a brain structure, or a pair of them, that grows in response to people essentially doing "things that they don't want to do." This supports the idea that we can train willpower.
Dr. Huberman says something interesting in this video clip though, and that is that this brain center might also be responsible, as we age, for the very will to live.
I of course connected some dots in a way that might not be supported by science: Could regular fasting, because we never truly become accustomed to it in a way that we come to like it, serve an almost antidepressant function by working on our will to continue.
Could growing these structures through regular practice help us down the road when things get really rocky due to health or relationships?
