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Dopamine nation, finding balance in the age of indulgence, Anna Lembke, M.D

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Dopamine nation, finding balance in the age of indulgence, Anna Lembke, M.D

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Dopamine nation

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1200834183

Responsibility statement

Anna Lembke, M.D

Sub title

finding balance in the age of indulgence

Summary

"Resettling Your Brain in the Age of Cheap Pleasures"--, Provided by publisherWe are living in a time of unprecedented access to high-reward, high-dopamine stimuli: drugs, food, news, gambling, shopping, gaming, texting, sexting. The smartphone is the modern-day hypodermic needle, delivering digital dopamine 24/7 for a wired generation. Lembke explores new scientific discoveries that explain why the relentless pursuit of pleasure leads to pain-- and what to do about it. She illustrates how finding contentment and connectedness means keeping dopamine in check. The secret to finding balance is combining the science of desire with the wisdom of recovery. -- adapted from jacket

Table Of Contents

Introduction: The problem -- The pursuit of pleasure. Our masturbation machines ; Running from pain ; The pleasure-pain balance -- Self-binding. Dopamine fasting ; Space, time, and meaning ; A broken balance? -- The pursuit of pain. Pressing on the pain side ; Radical honesty ; Prosocial shame -- Conclusion: Lessons of the balance

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Finding balance in the age of indulgence

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