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Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence

Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence

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  • Create Date：2021-08-15 03:19:03
  • Update Date：2025-09-08
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  • Author：Anna Lembke
  • ISBN：B08KPKHVXQ
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Summary

"Resettling Your Brain in the Age of Cheap Pleasures"--

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Reviews

Michelle Jerome ，

Any behavior that leads to an increase in dopamine has the potential to be exploited。WOW！ It kind of sums it all up。This book is about extremes—extreme behavioral examples。 I have to wonder， how extreme are the behaviors described in the book compared to how we as a society are chasing emotional connections and fixes？ It is important to know where you have been to reflect on where you are and what your future will look like。I enjoyed this book and the awareness it brings to our need for a "high" Any behavior that leads to an increase in dopamine has the potential to be exploited。WOW！ It kind of sums it all up。This book is about extremes—extreme behavioral examples。 I have to wonder， how extreme are the behaviors described in the book compared to how we as a society are chasing emotional connections and fixes？ It is important to know where you have been to reflect on where you are and what your future will look like。I enjoyed this book and the awareness it brings to our need for a "high" and the suggestions for further discovery regarding balancing the feelings。 。。。more

Moh。 Nasiri ，

This book is about pleasure。 It’s also about pain。 Most important， it’s about how to find the delicate balance between the two， and why now more than ever finding balance is essential。 We’re living in a time of unprecedented access to high-reward， high-dopamine stimuli: drugs， food， news， gambling， shopping， gaming， texting， sexting， Facebooking， Instagramming， YouTubing， tweeting 。 。 。 The increased numbers， variety， and potency is staggering。 The smartphone is the modern-day hypodermic needle， This book is about pleasure。 It’s also about pain。 Most important， it’s about how to find the delicate balance between the two， and why now more than ever finding balance is essential。 We’re living in a time of unprecedented access to high-reward， high-dopamine stimuli: drugs， food， news， gambling， shopping， gaming， texting， sexting， Facebooking， Instagramming， YouTubing， tweeting 。 。 。 The increased numbers， variety， and potency is staggering。 The smartphone is the modern-day hypodermic needle， delivering digital dopamine 24/7 for a wired generation。 As such we’ve all become vulnerable to compulsive overconsumption。In Dopamine Nation， Dr。 Anna Lembke， psychiatrist and author， explores the exciting new scientific discoveries that explain why the relentless pursuit of pleasure leads to pain 。 。 。 and what to do about it。 Condensing complex neuroscience into easy-to-understand metaphors， Lembke illustrates how finding contentment and connectedness means keeping dopamine in check。 The lived experiences of her patients are the gripping fabric of her narrative。 Their riveting stories of suffering and redemption give us all hope for managing our consumption and transforming our lives。 In essence， Dopamine Nation shows that the secret to finding balance is combining the science of desire with the wisdom of recovery。Interview with writer:https://www。instagram。com/tv/CNNs09XB。。。 。。。more

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