A common protection against the attempts of the mind to shorten the circuits of the reward function may be a strongly anticipated negative reward for trying to do so. A smart mind will figure that out and jump into suspiciously asymmetric black holes in its reward landscape.
No, it just means that you begin to look for things that appear to be be painted as extremely bad for your spiritual, marital or physical health, while also feeling either suspiciously attractive or extra repulsive. Think: goat sacrifices.