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Is there a difference between dopamine release from exercise and watching TV?

I read a couple of times that you should aim to lower dopamine releasing activities such as watching netflix, browsing the internet or drugs so you can increase concentration and overall happiness. Is there a difference between so called 'bad' dompanine releasing activities and 'good' ones. Does the mechanism that handles dopamine release do the same for something like sex compared to masturbation?
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Yes because the good ones like exercise have positive effects like getting you in shape, lose weight etc plus release endorphins, helps hormonal balance, more oxygen into the brain etc whereas Netflix will put your brain into a passive state and over time slows down neuronal activation (use it or lose it) type thing. With sex there’s Oxytocin and vasopressin, there’s the physical touch of another person, all these things have feedback stimuli that affect you in return compared to masturbation there is no other person so you don’t get a lot of these other hormones firing.