Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence (Unabridged)
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4.4 • 698 Ratings
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES and LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER
“Brilliant . . . riveting, scary, cogent, and cleverly argued.”—Beth Macy, author of Dopesick,
as heard on Fresh Air
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.
Customer Reviews
Annhilation f the senses
This book has had a lasting effect on me and my world. It has accustomed me to how people use substances and for me how I use consumer habits. Dopamine rules around the world when we over consume media and let our flow go to high. How it depends on us and itself to keep us addicted. I like this book because we are an effect supposed to break free from these addictions and use media responsibly.
Garbage
From the New York Times’ critique:
“Because video games and pornography can be habit-forming, some researchers — including Dr. Lembke — have hypothesized that they might cause similar signs of tolerance in the brain. However, in an interview with The New York Times, she admitted that this theory is inferred from studies of stimulant drugs and that there isn’t currently evidence to back it up.”
The book starts with an extremely detailed description of a jerk off, device, created by a sexual deviant. Then the author goes into a 5 year old sodomizing his toddler brother, based on a Japanese cartoon the perpetrator watched.
No need for the traumatizing shock content. The book is trash scientifically speaking. The author is gross.
Love this book.
Absolutely wonderful book. I appreciate the work you put in this book. I have listened to it twice already.!. Great information and thanks for the explanations.