Neuroscientist: "Even A Little Bit Of Social Media & Porn Does This To Your Life!" | Andrew Huberman
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Dopamine is not a new topic. People have been obsessing and hearing about dopamine and its role in human behavior for years. You may think of it as the feel-good happy hormone, or you may associate it with addiction, love, lust and sex. As our lives convert over to a totally digital experience that is with us everywhere we are in the form of a cell phone, dopamine detox has even started gaining in popularity.
Dr. Andrew Huberman from the Huberman Lab is back again to unpack some of the more surprising discoveries and uses of dopamine. He cleverly relates dopamine to being a biological currency that has a role to play in human desire for more. Dopamine is the catalyst pushing humanity forward exploring things like cryptocurrency and pushing our limitations and what is possible, but is all of that for the sake of pleasure and feeling good?
Dr. Huberman breaks down the eternal balance of pain and pleasure, arousal and relaxation and gives you the insight you need to start regulating your body’s dopamine release. If you thought dopamine was all about feeling good, Dr. Huberman is about to reveal why it’s more about what motivates you in the pursuit of something greater.
SHOW NOTES:
0:00 | Introduction Dr. Andrew Huberman
0:56 | Dopamine the Biological Currency
6:51 | Releasing Dopamine
10:38 | Hormonal Signaling
14:34 | Can We Spike Dopamine?
21:00 | Value the Pursuit & the Dips
25:40 | Balance of Pain and Pleasure
31:23 | Self Regulation of Dopamine
38:28 | Dopamine and Time Perception
44:31 | Dopamine and Overindulging
49:05 | Action Based Denial
52:42 | Using Rules & Dopamine
58:27 | Ways to Get Motivated
QUOTES:
“When I say dopamine is the universal currency of everything, what I mean is, it's driving the motivation to develop new currencies.” [3:08]
“Celebrating the win more than the pursuit, it actually sets you up for failure in the future.” [16:00]
“If you can start to register that craving, and that friction and that desire, that almost kind of low level of agitation, sometimes high level of agitation [...] that's dopamine...” [17:54]
“Your capacity to tap into dopamine as a motivator, not just seeking dopamine rewards, that is infinite.” [19:34]
“It's the craving that makes me feel alive. So it's the state of wanting that is in and of itself, the pleasurable act.” [22:37]
“It doesn't matter if it's Bitcoin or aetherium, it doesn't matter if it's putting rockets on other planets, it doesn't matter if it's building the first automobile, it's the same currency.” [25:27]
“Dopamine itself is not the reward. It's the build up to the reward, and the reward has more of a kind of opioid bliss like property,” [29:51]
“The more pain you experience, the more dopamine you can achieve. If you get back on the avenue of pursuit.” [30:58]
“I would say addiction is a progressive narrowing of the things that bring you pleasure, and I don't like to comment too much on enlightenment, [...] but a good life is a progressive expansion of the things that bring you pleasure, and even better is a good life is a progressive expansion of the things that bring you pleasure and includes pleasure through motivation and hard work. “ [32:55]
“If you think about most of the growth in life comes from these rigidly externally imposed schedules and we hate them. But they are where we learn restraint” [52:42]
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What are your favorite brain optimization hacks?
Doing something for about 21 days i guess
I love this Channel, really appreciate your episodes , thank you so much Tom!!
A recent discovery: Rich Schefren. Interesting guy to look into if you're interested in systems thinking and entrepreneurship.
One of the things I've implemented is using the supplementation of magnesium threonate, l-theanine & apigenin for better sleep. All three of these supplements were suggested by Dr. Huberman. Although it took about a week, I find myself sleeping much more sound. The results have been immense from what I was having to deal with before!
I discovered Contentment, meaning I learned to stop allowing my emotions to get so excited all the time, so that I could maintain a normal feeling ALL OF THE TIME.
What this does is that it keeps you from the spikes, the up high and the down crashes. It allows you to stay content all the time instead of the highs and lows.
It's beautiful to live in Contentment because you find happiness wherever u are at in life. The key to finding this is to be a follower of Christ. This is what set me free for the last 15 years from all anxiety, depression, and other mental issues.
"Addiction is a progressive narrowing of the things that bring you pleasure. A good life is the progressive expansion of the things that bring you pleasure"
This video is worth watching just for that concept.
Can you dumb it down please lol?
@@Area559Duh if your dopamine tank is empty due to stimulus, you are subconsciously seeking more, requiring more to get the same results. Like diminishing results
@@Area559Duh Addiction is essentially making the path to your pleasure more efficient. Like going somewhere to get coffee and eventually purchasing a machine to make coffee at home so you can have it whenever you want.
@@Area559Duh If I can offer a more crude example.
Cocaine gives you a massive hit of dopamine. Continued use will end up putting you in a state where nothing else can equal the high that drug gives you. Therefore narrowing your enjoyment down to just cocaine. But eventually cocaine won't be enough either. Thus narrowing your enjoyment even more to where you seek something more. Like sadly crack or whatever.
Where as delaying enjoyment, pursuing more meaningful things. Having a more balanced state of dopamine release will over time do the opposite. More thingsin the world will bring you enjoyment and that will expand
this is a lot of what 12 step teaches
The happiness of pursuit vs the pursuit of happiness
I would say the Happiness of pursuit is the pursuit of happiness
@@BharatRaghavan08 i must agree kind friend.
Well put 🤟🏾
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Thats how the 🌎 moves
I did a 30 day challenge where I switched to a old retro Nokia flip phone and after a 2 week period I stopped even thinking about it, I stopped texting people and just rang them, I stopped using UA-cam and Netflix completely. I used my desktop and my iPad, for important work things, I removed so many apps in the 4th week. Was a big wake up call. I actually still use it.
I'm thinking of doing that
Are you still using youtube?
@@josephiranya3115I guess enough time will tell...
UA-cam is part of the work day, huh? 😂jk
My first deployment was the same sort of wake up call. Not having internet and being detached from the goings-on of the world outside of the ship was huge to me. Between that and no longer being tied to my phone (looking stuff up, texting people, Facebook, comment section arguments) has really helped me realize a lot of what this dude is talking about. Cutting social media has been a huge boon to me too.
Right that's wh6 your commenting on UA-cam
Being a father to my son is the most motivating thing in my life.
I started early, and I couldn't agree more.
I wish you the best; for yourself as a father, and for your child as well.
Me too!...i want whats best for him and these devices are evil...they take away our motivation
That is a beautiful thing to say as well as very motivating. I was blessed with 3 sons and continuing to work on myself to be a better father and a better role model for them keeps me going. It is a never ending process so always strive to be better. They see and absorb everything you do!
This is why I don't have kids ... Drag story time ,, DEI ,, CRT ,, Racism - ( white people ) . Yes , I could be a father , but ,, I'd be pissed off when they cut the balls of my boy ,, and didn't tell me .. and put me in jail for objecting . And yes , I would be in jail .
"The problem is not pleasure's, the problem is that the pleasure experienced without the prior requirement of pursuit"- Huberman
This is an lifetime quote.. ❤️
a lifetime quote. a
Not “pleasure’s”, but either “pleasures” or “pleasure” also, eliminate “that”
thanks for quoting that, such a powerful one! ✨
It has to do with (instant) gratification and dopamine. If you have a good life, you might find most things pleasurable with no effort to achieve that. Things like a sunrise, food, drink, etc.
@@golgipogothat second pleasure could have been pleasure's or pleasure is. Not the first one though. 😂
When I was a kid my father sometimes said "it`s good to be bored sometimes". After watching this video I understand it better.
I am a father of a five year old little girl. Sometimes she'll complain she's bored and I straight up tell her "it's not my job to entertain you." People may think that's harsh. But what would be harsh is immediately pandering to that and thus preventing her from ever having to learn how to harness that deficit to create motivation for herself. If I leave her in that state for a bit, she always ends up pursuing some creative independent play and that's where she learns valuable things that will help her later. If I turn the tv on, she'll veg out for as long as I allow it and gain no benefit.
@@jfdb59You are raising her right brother, we dont need another youth so dependent on constant stimulation and distraction. i was not allowed to watch tv for a bit of my childhood, id play legos and read for hours, it did me wonders as a young man
I'd say it's actually a problem that kids today can't handle boredom really well...
It's good for kids to be bored, that's when their creativity comes out, I'm really surprised how parents feed their kids minds with useless toys and screens, let them be and come up with ideas to entertain themselves.
"We don't progress because we don't wanna do THE BORING STUFF
Do the boring stuff."
I putted this on a notification note on my phone and has motivated me to do what I need to do.
I started smoking Marijuana since my teenage. Got addicted to Crack for over 28 years. Also suffered severe depression and mental disorder. Not until my wife recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment actually saved my life honestly. 8 years totally clean.never thought I would be saying this about mushrooms.
Amen God bless people. Save your health save your mind. Life is better without crack, cocaine,alcohol and cigarettes.And you have more money in your pocket. God bless everyone who has rejected the devils intentions to be addicted to alcohol and cigarettes etc which can cause so much damage to health.
I've been looking to try shrooms for depression, just very difficult to get a reliable source here in Australia. Really need!
Hey! Yes very sure of Dr.benshrooms. a single dose of shrooms saved me from Alcohol addiction. 6 years clean. no cravings. this doesn't sound weird to me in any way shape or form.
I hate that psilocybin gets grouped with drugs like cocaine and heroin. Mushrooms are a remedy, not a vice!
How do I reach out? If possible can I find him on insta
“Addiction is a progressive narrowing of the things that give you pleasure.” Spot on by Dr. Huberman
@@laceybaier300 You're a fraudulent impostor
The dude is spot on.
Is it too late when it narrows
@@timothymeek24 Never. We can fix our synapses in our brains by changing our behaviour. Fact is that every human cell we have is bygone in the next 8year, our cells regenerates until the day we die but the process gets slower and not very effective as older we get. After the age of 40-50 it gets quite much slower but even then it is very possible to fix and reroute our brains, but you have to do the hard work by yourself.
@@timothymeek24 no but you need to do a dopamine detox to reset the reward system
Have a look at the stuff and Andrew’s work it’s really interesting. Dopamine nation book has been really enlightening too about this
“Pursue the reward but remember its actually the pursuit that is the reward”, love that!
There is a much older version of exactly the same wisdom.
"Its not the destination, its the journey"
Can u explain it plz
@@garimakharra1784 Activating the brain helping you solve a problem or pursue something by reducing pain, giving inuition, making you want stuff, enjoying the struggle, enjoying the pursuite, experencing this striving as positive (is better than) > enjoying the end goal since it seems that that pleasure is not sustainable aka getting what you have been working/thinking/craving towards.
The brain is extremly complex and while there is much understood in extreme detail a huge unknown number of things is unknown.
Yup. We can order food to our door. We can buy sex. We can scroll Instagram all day. Nothing requires effort anymore. Not good.
@@garimakharra1784 ? What ?
They just spent the whole video explaining it to you …
Listen again but HEAR the info ……
you can do it…. 👍
This may be 2 years old but the information is timeless thank you both for sharing ❤
UA-cam is in my head 😅 I am just thinking about talking to my doctor about ADHD meds and this morning this video is in my feed. Listened to it this evening whilst doing dinner and learned so much.
“Seeking is the reward” - I legit had this a-ha moment of clarity in the bath yesterday. Reward is fleeting, creation is everlasting 💯
Indeed
polski ?
Eureka
Nice ! Your comment that "creation is everlasting" is honestly even more impactful than "seeking is the reward". Might get that framed in my office, ha cheers
That's just a fancy way of saying that there are no rewards.
It’s impossible to watch a video featuring Andrew Huberman and not learn something new. This is the best stuff I’ve seen on youtube in years.
Amazing
I was listening to the huberman podcast from the beginning. This interview has to be top 2 on the most important and most actionable info.
It’s good but clearly u don’t watch enough UA-cam
YOU NEED TO GET OUT MORE MAN
Same bro…
I think that this video just changed my life, for the better. Thank you
Awesome, as always. Thank you for having this AMAZING man on! You are both amazing, and incredible inspirations.
"The scent of women's tears causes a dramatic and significant reduction in testosterone in men"... Stop crying babe, you're affecting my gains. lol
Men have affected my gains in the past and wonder if it's their cold feeling. 🤣 Chills of a man, is affecting gains of productive women. 🤣
😂
🤤🤤🤤😖😖
Oh wow when she cries I cry it makes sens now
Stay safe
The takeaway is don't respond to your silly urges that gives you a hit of dopamine and then you mentally crash after the event. To feel good about yourself do some work that impact lives including yourself. Have some goals and keep pursuing them. Celebrate your successes even if they are small. Learn to love and respect yourself. Learn to believe you deserve the best in life.Mind your own businesses. Know that you have to work your dopamine the hard way and never respond to easy accesses to get them.
That’s amazing thank you
Really? I took away that I should make more ghost pepper hot sauce and binge it. Haha.
How do you celebrate your successes?
@@robinsarchiz give yourself a treat or whatever to let you enjoy yourself.
@@ahsanahmed6317 So how do you delineate between giving in to your urges and rewarding yourself? How much work for a reward?
I've been in therapy for two years tapping into these patterns of mine and this explains many of them! This is life changing!
The information they give us is tremendously valuable, especially useful for avoiding addictions that lead to the inexorable self-destruction of ourselves and everything we touch.
Was addicted to heroin and drinking of alcohol for over 7 years also suffered severe depression which affected my dopamine.not until my son recommended me to psilocybin treatment after trying out a psilocybin treatment I will be 2 years clean never thought I would be saying this about mushrooms
I've been looking to try shrooms, just very difficult to get a reliable source here in Germany. Really need!
Yup!, very sure of Dr.benshrooms. my first shrooms trip was really awesome. It felt like I was deep into the sea.
I've done microdosing for help and it works does cut depression out its been the best remedy I've ever had psilocybin been illegal is actually a crime against humanity
How can i find him?Is he on instgram
My first experience with shrooms cleared my mind and I started seeing the world on a whole new level
Single, most important podcast episode i've ever watched...no words
Incorporate this in your life, it can be truly fantastic
How can you say "no words" while preceded by a bunch of words?
Turn the volume up and you'll hear them.
(just kidding.)
@@ThatKidBryan figure of speech
You should listen to more podcasts then…
Brings a whole new meaning to the phrase "work is joy"
I value these types of character-building or knowledge-increasing videos very highly.
This is so hard to talk about especially when you struggle with it much, glad to have these two men help break it down so its easier to digest
“You get punished by the bright lights between 10pm and 4am” .. me watching it this video on my phone with maximum brightness at 2am 🤡
blue light does something too... I got blue blockers for lots of PC screen time. Saw them selling blue LEDs on eye frames to promote something one time. Think it was to help sleep and certain frequencies. So many things that some seem to get in the others way. I have a blue laser and found the blue blockers do block most of it, compared to regular. I think Blue Blockers to stop the over BLUE ALL the Time as it were... and the LED frames were to promote Rhythms synchro or something. Was about a decade ago or so. So its about balance and application. Some hinder sleep and some help it. Colours man, its in the colours... lol.
hypnotic suggestion... to activate a dopamine hit on a certain colour... and to take it away with a pain with another colour. Could use it to RESET or to CYCLE... with some LED glasses with RGB LEDs that can give any colour combo. Flashing at rates faster or slower as works out best by the research. The whole point is to have control at your finger tips to give you what you want when you want it... mmm sounds addictive...
Pavlov's Dog of conditioned response will train a colour association either way. Hypnosis makes it more programming like.
Oh I know… I closed the blinds to the lamp post when he said that
🤣🤣🤣
you do not. I think he's wrong on that one.
There’s nothing more fascinating to Tom than Tom. But I still love his stuff.
The two of you have given me a completely different understanding of the value of competition when kept in some moderation. Thank you! ❤❤❤
His talk at 17 minute about being calm when you win is GOLD.
I realized that everytime lower ranking tenis player wins against top 10 and celebrates like crazy,he releases so many dopamine and serotonin that in the next round that tennis player in 9/10 cases losses even if he plays against bum.
This is one example.
So poker face people
Thx for sharing this!
Made me think of Phil Ivey
Where I can follow tennis matches and bet on them?
@@LarosFeleon1 are you an addict?
@@baswold7979 What do you mean you're an addict? My mindset behind this question was to make money...
21:34 brotha just tore my ass out the frame with this. “You’re doing something you hate for an end state that may never come” basically describes most of my adult life. This is eye-opening. Thank you for this.
Don't worry, man - that's almost ALL adults lives. We all need to learn to love the process and not just the reward 👍🏽
exact same thing blew my mind too
lol, in other words we all live and then die.
This guy is manic, unhinged, he is a sex addict and had everyone fooled but the most ridiculous thing is that anyone respects him as a scientist.
Wow there are so many concepts here I have sensed before but never thought much about. Great talk, thank you!
The depth you bring to each conversation is unmatched, Tom! 🌊🎙 #DeepDiveTalks #UnmatchedDepth
Thank you for being honest about picking up the phone too early in the morning. This makes the whole conversation even more valuable. ❤
So much to learn from a single video. I'm so glad there is free high quality science content on YT. My little family members have been paying attention, probably don't understand much yet but soon enough :)
Dr. Huberman is so clear. Thanks for sharing his knowledge. It’s eye opening.
Can’t believe i’m 2 years late to this gem - it’s time to turn my life around
Awesome interview. A big part of living a happy life is working hard for what you get and delayed gratification.
Damn Tom! I’ve listen to this talk before, but today, everything you and Dr. Huberman were discussing hit me like a ton of bricks! Made so much sense -wow! Big Thank you to and your team for all you do to✌🏼
Thank you for this episode Tom and Huberman, in the first 20-30 minutes i just learned that the reason why I am successful in my music artist career is that i truly learned to “love the process” and grind and craving of wanting to reach my goals and live out my dreams, and it is that feeling early on that pushes me everyday even in the toughest challenges to keep going, and also not to get too attached to the feeling associated with the rewards and wins, and that last gem of waiting for things to balance out for dopamine and pleasure and pain 🤯💎🙏🏽 with gratitude, LaynoProd
Thank you so much for these. It has literally flipped my understanding of dopamine and the part it plays completely on its head. As someone with ADHD this is especially vital.
This sounds like a linked in comment haha UA-cam is evolving
Dr. Andrew is just incredible. Every time I listen to him I learn like 10 new things. My Bain hurts I just want to absorb all of his knowledge.
I definitely needed this video to help me get my life back on track to living again. I am convinced this is my biggest issue.
Thank you so much Andrew for these podcasts. Truly helpful
Thanks for another great video! I enjoy your interview style, which allowed him to take centre stage and really share key teachings.
Prof. Huberman has such a wealth of knowledge and manages to share it in such a way as to keep it within comprehension for my less than scientifically qualified brain. I discovered I have an insatiable thirst to learn from his sound advice.
Yes. Completely agree.
Enjoyed filling my brain with this. I do story mode at night too, Tom. Familiar stories especially work. I've listened to War of the World's a thousand times, or end of empire history stuff. I really enjoyed the non judgemental approach in this conversation.
Keeping consistency in our efforts is also key. Sometimes we expect high reward but also need to find peace in the process of growth even when it is not immediate dopamine but the long term thinking and commitment to the pursuit is in itself rewarding from the sense of contentment
This joins the ranks at the top of the list of videos with Professor Huberman. I refer to you as "professor" because I feel like a thrilled student when listening to your interviews or lectures. Thank you.
Very very interesting. My personal motivation to do anything has always been super low. It is extremely hard for me to get out of bed without having something forcing me - it doesn't matter if I'm tested or not I will only shop for or cook food when I'm already quite hungry and so on and so forth. The only way I have achieved anything it's either with gritted teeth or by having done external force compelling me
Time stamps for a few highlights:
15:57 Celebrating the win more than the pursuit sets you up for failure
31:29 The problem is not pleasures. The problem is that pleasure experienced without prior requirement for pursuit is terrible for us.
32:36 Addiction is a progressive narrowing of the things that bring you pleasure
Thanks mate
Man....This dude kept Tom quite for most part of the interview, clearly shows the respect Huber deserves. Very very eye opening scientific facts brought it day light. Thanks Tom for bringing this one, waiting for few more from Huber..keep it coming!!
Great information. In the last part dealing with the neuroplasticity, I don't sleep well. I haven't ever since my head injury at 8yrs old. I am over 50 now and am finding that life is getting harder for me and it keeps coming back to me not sleeping well. I get about 5hrs per night. I have tried a bunch of things to get better. Nothing. I am trying your morning routine this week to see if I can change my chemistry with sun gazing as soon as I see the sun come up.
I was so deep i addictions, now i get why. Was always chasing this highs. I did it so much, wasent feeling alive for years. It's hard to break that cicle.
Once i learned, that exposing myself to good pain like exercise, cold showers and other things out of my comfortzone, my life changed forever.
Everybody can do it, step by step❤
This is The Man
Huberman really inspires with scientific tools. Get sh done🧐
The Huberman
Über man
facts
I have UA-cam prime/plus, to remove ads.
This guy actually adds multiple commercials.
Not a classy move
I am a huge fan of this man, what a incredible thing to do bring people this kind of information for free. So thankfull
Having kids is the most natural thing to do, yet rising them is the hardest task I have ever engaged in. But man it's so rewarding, I guess my motivation for building a family topped any other argument.
I'll never be able to financially take care of myself and thank God I don't have anyone else relying on me..
I respect the self insight, wish you all the best@@MF-kr4hf
@@MF-kr4hf Most of us don't and back in the day it wouldn't be an issue like it is now
This is exactly what I told my x glad Mr hunnerman speaks about this topic and also helps women.understand this as well.❤
Tom, been watching for years. This episode may be the best of all of them, really useful information here, thanks!
I really appreciate his transparency in when he fails at his own set of rules. I have a no social media before 9am rule and today I grabbed my phone while at my desk and on auto pilot opened Facebook and was like crap! Haha. We are human but it’s definitely helps having people be so real about how that happens. I’m planning to move my phone out of reach so I can reset my auto pilot.
This info should be taught in every high school in the country. 10 min in and I have already learned info that could have helped me 20 yrs ago.
I love all of your interviews but, man, I think that this one has been my favorite! Relevant for anyone in modern society. Thank you!
Huberman is in “Beast-mode” both physically and mentally! Such a broad view and very disciplined!
He is "Beast Sapiens mode"
You're right admit him having a broad view. He seems to be generally unbiased on a large number of topics as well. I emit listening to him very much.
Alpha male type
Why would you want to be a beast? Saying that a man is accting like a beast is an insult
Hear, hear!
I sort of inadvertently did my own dopamine detoxes from extended fasting with lots of rest. It’s amazing how much resilience we have once we believe in ourselves.
They are not healthy 18 hours is best- a 2 day once in a while. Many docs talk about why but just know that. I did a 3 day- still can't gain weight back and I am too thin. One guy almost died- effected his sodium levels really badly- hard on kidneys and spikes cortisol. Just eat right.
Such a brilliant comment, and so true.
But can you share this in a more expound way. Could you share the behaviors of that inadvertently language 😮
@@adambarney1137 Without trying to sounds smart- what exactly are you trying to say Adam? Small words please- I am not too bright.
@@adambarney1137 extended fasts require active dismissal of dopamine-surging activities and their anticipation. I’m not recommending fasting of any kind, just commenting that they helped with dopamine detoxing.
chasing highs is a recipe for disaster... be happy with your lot, this is the key... seeing the beauty in all you already have and are
The algorithm fed me this video and it’s one of the most insightful I’ve seen for a long time…totally changed my perspective…Thankyou x
I keep my dopamine levels fairly stable by rotating my interests. At 79, I'm still devoting at least 3 hours a day to learning new information which I may not ever use. It is the quest to learn a subject, that is the reward, not mastering or even using it, though I usually find some way to use what I learn.
Honestly how would you even know what your dopamine levels are? It's not a neurochemical we can feel.
@@loganmedia1142 Catecholamine blood test. Research it sometime! 👍
@@loganmedia1142 A good guess would be how rewarded or motivated you feel to do things for the sake of doing it versus only focusing on rewards, or only doing things that offer rewards (pleasure) with little work. I.e., short term versus long term gratification. Obviously cannot be deduced perfectly and is subjective, but I know that my dopamine levels feel "stable" when I am able to get enjoyment and feel fulfilled from reading a book; I know they are unstable if nothing besides gaming or porn (cheap pleasures) feels interesting. Or if all I care about in the book is what I stand to gain from it. This does seem to divert from just a dopamine conversation, and it is easy to apply a spiritual interpretation. This could be more helpful, given the tenuousness of our own knowledge of our dopamine levels.
@@loganmedia1142Yes you can...if you were listening to Huberman, he is saying intrinsic motivation IS dopamine. "Dopamine is motivation, the craving, the drive to go out and seek new rewards, it's not the reward itself." This woman has successfully tied her dopamine circuit to the pursuit and not the reward. She exerts effort, experiences friction (learning), and this provides her with dopamine/motivation to continue to explore and learn. In contrast an inexhorbant amount of people are stuck in the loop of reaching for a "hit" of dopamine via instant gratification, which keeps you on the couch.
I love the approach. I do find myself increasingly curious about the world and hope to be doing 3 hours a day to various interest at age 79. This conversation between Tom and Andrew was really great.
Every parent needs to know this. It's why giving a teenager a car is so less impactful on his personality than having that teen earn his own car.
Kids these days are handed everything besides discipline.
Amen.
Exactly. I bought and paid for my first vehicle in full, was responsible for the insurance and everything else that goes with owning a vehicle.
not just that but my dad messed my system up i think. when i was little he would always say we were gonna go to a place and then not go or when we’d do something bad he’d say “we were gonna do so and so but now we’re not so thanks”
LMAO.... effin poor people crack me up
They way Tom puts himself to sleeo makes so much sense. I do the same. I have to override the thoughts of my mind vy binaural beats or white noise or very specific noises without a pattern my brain can detect and start thinking about them coming up.
Thank you for the amazing video! Dr Huberman recommendations are very much in line with ancient philosophy stoicism. Endure the pain with grace and celebrate the wins with modesty.
Wow! This is mentally & emotionally stimulating! The summary for me: Celebrating the end result over the pursuit is very dangerous to your excitement level.
Fall in love with the process more. Thank you Dr. Andrew & Tom.
He just indirectly agrees with the book called 'atomic habits'
this podcast blew my mind. thank you andrew. Dopamine is so interesting and this helped me understand why i feel a certain way sometimes, all makes sense. So important to understand why our brains behave a certain way along with the feelings that go along with it, many times they can be midinterpreted but hearing you explain the "why" helps me understand the exact reasons. incredible
It would be interesting to hear you talk about the dopamine and adrenaline addiction that happens inside of abusive relationships.
As soon as he writes a book to sell.
Totally understand what is being said here. Just deleted FB , Netflix, Instagram off of my phone a week ago, and am SO much happier. It is not easy, for sure, but I was losing HOURS to random scrolling, and then hating myself for it. Walking the woods with my dog has been so much more rewarding.
This makes so much sense for me in my woodworking. This is what school should be about.
Fascinating interview! Dr. Huberman's explanation of the dopaminergic/reward cycle is so clearly articulated and hopefully will help to inspire the viewers here to start making some lifestyle changes in the way they consume pleasures. Get out there and put yourself through some pain!
I think that one can learn how to adapt to "pleasure" without pursuit, in a way.
Also, I think that one can argue that addiction will make you receive more pleasure from certain things, but still possibly enjoy other things, unless the addiction is pathological. It's not simple.
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Dope interview Tom! One love to Dr Huberman! Very insightful! Thanks for the knowledge.
Damn this is gold. Thinking about it as a wave function that goes up and down and being aware of the fact that pursuing too much short term dopamine in any given time can cause you to end up on the wrong end of that function really simplifies things for me. It makes it more tangible to see a path out of it.
Thinking about this as quantum makes it more tangible. ...Hahahaha!
Sinusoidal, indeed. The wider view of the up-down cycle lets you control more, and improvise more as well.
Andrew Huberman Hass to be one of the most well spoken and well informed people that I’ve ever listened to and this talk is so informative and interesting that I can’t get over it. I wish this message were available to everyone on the planet.
I went through phase of not really finishing things off, brainfog etc. Eventually had a condition diagnosed that I have to take dopamine agonist tablet every week to bring back normal. Has changed my motivation levels and i stay focused a lot better. I also avoid alcohol and that messes things up too. Good to be aware of how it works
This explained what I’m feeling so well. I have felt so apathetic in life the last few years. I am going to try to use this knowledge to change my ways because now I’m living and feeling a way that is so depressive and boring. Im tired of feeling lack of enjoyment and motivation in life. I need to detox the dopamine and work on enjoying the process of working towards goals and not put so much emphasis and weight for succeeding. I think this will also help me with actually taking the steps towards my goals instead of letting the fear of not reaching the goal from inhibiting me from even starting. I have a lot to process from this video and thankful for it. I have struggled with this feeling of mundaneness and apathy for life for long enough. I’m thankful I’m not depressed like I use to be but I still know I’m not living a life I should be and enjoyment of life is possible for me. Thank you Tom for this wonderful video and for all the great videos you put out to help the collective.
Right there with you...been feeling the same way and I'm changing it today.
You cannot detox dopamine. That is just not how dopamine works.
Huberman never fails to amaze. Definitely one of the best episodes of this podcast.
Wow.....time flies when you are having fun is a real thing.
If "Addiction is a progressive narrowing of the things that bring you pleasure." And the boundaries of pleasure are limited to what (as this podcast demonstrates inadvertently benefits) YOU, then it follows that widening your goals to include that which benefits others, is an endless fount of purpose. That, I believe is at the heart of Eastern philosophies which counsel us not get "attached" but rather to develop satisfactions as an incidental benefit which accrues because one is giving primary benefit to another person , who palpably can use your help.
This is such a great conversation and such a huge contribution- and it’s so relevant and applicable right up to date … thank you thank you
This talk is a life changing. All about motivation talk in the past always include the part where you have to “reward yourself for you efforts”, and that part always make me stuck. Cause i want to put a lot of hard works in many things then when it comes to “rewards yourself “, i’m stuck with “what is the appropriate rewards for this activities/plan/project that i’m about to part take???”, then the whole plan got crumbled because of the depression from not finding out an appropriate rewards.
agree , same . best to You
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Thanks for that! Lol. I'll give you the name for it. It's called "Analysis Paralysis."
When I heard the phrase, I was immediately reminded of a friend telling me how his parents were always going to redecorate. They could never decide what was going to look the best
. . . and never did. The same pictures hung on the same walls for 60+ years.
Damn I cried a little bit during this interview 😮😮😮 that is how much epiphanies I got during this. Thankss ❤❤❤
Always enjoy Huberman's insights but I particularly enjoyed this one. Great stuff!
"Pleasure without prior pursuit is terrible for us." That insight is gold. So is this entire interview.
Could you explain what that means? Is it like playing video games just cause you can vs doing your chores and then only playing? Or am I missing the point?
@@Tenshi_ZA It's like needing to be a sinner before you can experience your connection to the infinite.... yeah, it's absurd
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Thank you Doctor Huberman for your invaluable knowledge!
Amazing video.Saving this for future reference and sharing.I dont think I need to not look at my phone since I only look once when I wake up,for phonecalls, the internet is turned OFF.
Spot 6:55 of this discussion is epic and is so powerful ❤
brilliant, perhaps the single most valuable clip I’ve watched in years. incredibly relatable. For me it’s the process of getting there. The end result is not the price, that’s gonna happen on its own if the pursuit is followed with unparalleled discipline.
"It is the state of wanting that is the pleasurable act" is so true and matches up with Lacanian psychoanalysis and the concept of 'the lack' which says that it is not the object of our desire itself that gives us pleasure but the desire in and of itself, or the lack of the object, that makes us humans happy. Which is why you see such a high rate of unhappiness among people who are very wealthy and have everything they want, or among champions at the highest level of sport. They achieve their goals and rise to the top only to find out that now they have nothing else to reach towards. It was learning this (or really having explained to me, as I already knew it but couldn't conceptualize it) that really began to make me interested in psychoanalysis, Lacan and philosophy.
true. in the pursuit of goals, they sacrifice good times with friends, socialising , enjoyment of little things and when they look back they regret. Simple joys go away. Their standards are so high that anything beyond that seems worthless and so feel lonely unhappy. And they also get trapped in this thinking that life is short so achieve everything now, rest can wait. No honey, nobody shall wait anymore.
Wow! Very enlightening. That just gave me a lot to think about.
Thank you Andrew. Thank you Tom for bringing Andrew and discussing this topics. So important in this time of my life. I'll definetly come back to this one. Thanks thanks thanks.
I applaud Dr. Huberman for navigating this tech-bro interview as well as he did.
I think Dr Andrew has saved my life, i am fighting Alcoholism.
For past 10 years , i have been having hangovers almost every day, low dopamine levels and then I drink again to bring dopamine high.
Now i have understand, i will just wait and let dopamine level become high naturally.
Also i will cut down the things that bring comfort to me.
I hope it will work for me and other people also.❤
Absolutely amazing!!! I had no idea...