Anna Lembke – Dopamine Nation Part 2
Anna Lembke unpacks the neuroscience of reward and, in so doing, enable us to find a better, healthier balance between pleasure and pain. But neuroscience is not enough. We also need the lived experience of human beings. Who better to teach us how to overcome compulsive overconsumption than those most vulnerable to…
About this conversation
Anna Lembke unpacks the neuroscience of reward and, in so doing, enable us to find a better, healthier balance between pleasure and pain. But neuroscience is not enough. We also need the lived experience of human beings. Who better to teach us how to overcome compulsive overconsumption than those most vulnerable to it: people with addiction.
Whether it’s sugar or shopping, voyeuring or vaping, social media posts or The Washington Post, we all engage in behaviours we wish we didn’t, or to an extent we regret. This book offers practical solutions for how to manage compulsive overconsumption in a world where consumption has become the all-encompassing motive of our lives.”
It’s a pleasure and a reward to welcome the author of
Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence”, Dr Anna Lembke
Time stamps for topics
00:00:00 Sponsor Message
00:00:33 What is Dopamine?
00:02:50 Access is Easy Now in a Digital World
00:10:14 Opioid-induced Hyperalgesia
00:11:27 Expectation Let Down Children
00:13:54 Cannabis Addiction and Dopamine Fasting
00:17:27 How Reminders of our Drug Can Trigger Desire to Use
00:21:43 Gambling Addiction
00:25:56 The DOPAMINE Acronym
00:36:09 Replace a reward with another reward
00:39:17 Understanding Stress and Pain
00:44:54 Final Message
