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Summary of Anna Lembke's Dopamine Nation
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Pain
Dopamine
Overconsumption
Mental Health
Drug Addiction
Addict
Power of Pain
Power of Friendship
Power of Love
Power of Knowledge
Power of Truth
Healer
Workaholic
Power of Self-Control
Power of Honesty
Self-Control
Medication
Shame
Personal Growth
Recovery
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Get the Summary of Anna Lembke's Dopamine Nation in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: 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.
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Summary of Anna Lembke’s Dopamine Nation
Contents
Overview
Jacob and the Masturbation Machine
David and Social Anxiety
The Science of Dopamine
Delilah and D.O.P.A.M.I.N.E.
Self-Binding
Chris and Using Medication to Treat Addiction
Michael and Embracing Pain
The Power of Honesty
Shame
Author’s Style
Author’s Perspective
Overview
Today’s culture is constantly becoming more insistent on avoiding pain or discomfort at all costs, at the price of chronic overconsumption of drugs, technology, and senseless pleasures.
In Dopamine Nation (2021) psychiatrist Anna Lembke explores humanity’s ongoing battle with balancing pleasure and pain in everyday life. The release of dopamine, one of the neurotransmitters responsible for pleasure, can result from all sorts of activities and medications. But people are often prone to exploiting anything that releases dopamine.
Dr. Lembke argues that we should stop running away from the pain in our lives and instead seek it out. Balancing pleasure and pain may be initially painful and difficult, but will ultimately lead to more rewarding experiences, long-lasting relationships, and healthier
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