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    Summary of Anna Lembke's Dopamine Nation
    Summary of Anna Lembke's Dopamine Nation
    Summary of Anna Lembke's Dopamine Nation
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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.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherIRB Media
    Release dateOct 5, 2021
    ISBN9781638156529
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      Summary of Anna Lembke's Dopamine Nation - IRB Media

      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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