I wonder if the flip side of this (inhibiting this circuit when it's overactive) might be helpful for people with depression and similar conditions where inability to do motivated behavior is a problem.

So since i have no motivation my circuit must be working too well.

So it seems activating this prevents motivation of risky behaviors, but only to a certain extent. It would be a good idea to test how much deactivation of this circuit would ultimately help people with schizophrenia (similar) major depressive disorder, PTSD, ADHD, and other disorders that significantly prevent people from being able to do anything because of significant motivation and other brain issues.

I would love to see the results on myself after a year of deactivation of this to see what I could get done myself considering my major depression, anxiety, and more.

How about using that to treat depression etc?

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So like, they aren’t gonna treat the inhibited circuits and just use that study to help other things?