Living in a "Dopamine Nation": The Neuroscience of Addiction w/ Anna Lembke
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- Опубліковано 22 сер 2021
- "We live in a world in which we are saturated with dopamine and we live in a culture that encourages us to pursue it, but the ultimate end result of pursuing dopamine is to feel worse than when you started" - Anna Lembke
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THIS CONVERSATION ENDS WITH A LAUGH, we should all be crying.
“Life, liberty and the pursuit of dopamine”
So true!!! Animals seem to cope with a more even keel, and the people who work closely with them benefit. People who have no tolerance for other species miss this. Congrats on your work!
The problem with dopamine is that if you get too used to the pool, you forget what the ocean feels like.
What do you mean? What is the ocean?
@@javojavojavojavo the ocean is everything else. Andrew Huberman says addiction the progressive narrowing of activities that trigger a dopamine response. When you sense the narrowing of activities, that is the pool. Then it's time to try different things, that's the ocean.
Can I smoke the weed ur smoking
Anytime my friend
@@Dontbustthecrust That's the law of diminishing returns. Trying different things is just jumping into a different pool.
I can validate the addiction cycles between substances (which I finally overcame) to binging on movies or chocolate. I know what I am doing and then resent my weakness of character for doing it. Pleasure vs. Pain cycle.
From what I´ve researched dopamine is not in fact the reward neurotransmitter but the drive one (wanting/anticipation of a reward).
Exactly! Opioids are reward, DA is the motivation to receive a reward. It actually rises even higher when the outcome is not certain. That is why gambling or problematic relationships are addictive.
Are there any experiences that don't impact dopamine levels? How do we keep from becoming addicted to anything?
Awareness of the process and mindfulness of how you react/act around certain things. Being mindful of how the parts of your brain interact can start to strengthen your ability to stop yourself from falling into the mindless pursuit of dopamine. The pre-frontal cortex has a lot of power over the other parts of the brain when we give it the power to. You can literally grow your 'willpower'.
Comment for the algorithm.
Are you sure, Anne, that the gremlins will hop off the pain side when detoxing?
I suffered from depression since I was 12. For 30 years from child abuse. Because it happened so young, I didn't have a normal baseline to really remember, so I was always deeply depressed.
Because of finally having major life changes, I am no longer severely depressed for the last 4 years. But I do start to go down a hole at times, I'm just in a healthy spot where I can negotiate with it and talk myself out of it.
But knowing I will get down feels like it could be a trigger to not be able to get back to the other side. Or to a balance.
So what do we do to control dopamine unbalance ?
- Understand the brain's processing of pleasure and pain using the metaphor of a balance.
- Comprehend the Plenty Paradox and its implications in our modern ecosystem.
- Learn actionable strategies to manage addictive behaviors and improve mental health.
1. Understanding Brain Function and the Pleasure-Pain Balance (Timestamp: [00:00] - [02:57]):
- Comprehend dopamine's role in the brain's reward pathway.
- Recognize the co-location of pleasure and pain in the brain.
- Skills: Cognitive awareness of pleasure and pain mechanisms, basic neuroscience knowledge.
2. Rules Governing the Pleasure-Pain Balance (Timestamp: [02:57] - [06:30]):
- Rule 1: Homeostasis and Neuroadaptation.
- Rule 2: Diminished Pleasure Response with Repeated Exposure.
- Rule 3: Brain's Memory of Addictive Behaviors.
- Skills: Understanding addiction patterns, memory impacts, adaptation mechanisms.
3. The Plenty Paradox and Its Effects (Timestamp: [06:30] - [09:30]):
- Awareness of overabundance as a stressor.
- Understanding the link between excessive rewards and mental health issues.
- Skills: Societal trend analysis, mental health awareness.
4. Strategies for Managing Addiction (Timestamp: [09:59] - [13:04]):
- Abstain: Breaks from addictive behaviors.
- Maintain: Creating barriers and managing desires.
- Seek Out Pain: Engaging in activities that naturally release neurotransmitters.
- Skills: Self-control, creating and maintaining healthy habits, engaging in physical and mental wellness activities.
By applying these insights and skills, individuals can better understand the complex relationship between pleasure, pain, and addiction, and take practical steps to improve their mental health and overall well-being.
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Addictive people are spiritually broken, only God will fill that hole.