Dopamine nation : finding balance in the age of indulgence / Anna Lembke, M.D.
| Author/creator | Lembke, Anna, 1967- author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | [New York, New York] : Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2021] |
| Description | 291 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | Finding balance in the age of indulgence |
| Contents | Introduction: The problem -- The pursuit of pleasure. Our masturbation machines ; Running from pain ; The pleasure-pain balance -- Self-binding. Dopamine fasting ; Space, time, and meaning ; A broken balance? -- The pursuit of pain. Pressing on the pain side ; Radical honesty ; Prosocial shame -- Conclusion: Lessons of the balance. |
| Abstract | "Resettling Your Brain in the Age of Cheap Pleasures"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Abstract | We are living in a time of unprecedented access to high-reward, high-dopamine stimuli: drugs, food, news, gambling, shopping, gaming, texting, sexting. The smartphone is the modern-day hypodermic needle, delivering digital dopamine 24/7 for a wired generation. Lembke explores new scientific discoveries that explain why the relentless pursuit of pleasure leads to pain-- and what to do about it. She illustrates how finding contentment and connectedness means keeping dopamine in check. The secret to finding balance is combining the science of desire with the wisdom of recovery. -- adapted from jacket |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Study program note | 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. |
| Source of description | Description based on online resource; title from resource home page (EBSCOhost, viewed November 5, 2021). |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Lembke, Anna, 1967- Dopamine nation New York : Dutton, [2020] 9781524746735 |
| Genre/form | Self-help publications. |
| Genre/form | Self-help publications. |
| Genre/form | Livres de croissance personnelle. |
| LCCN | 2020041077 |
| ISBN | 9781524746728 hardcover |
| ISBN | 152474672X hardcover |
| ISBN | electronic book |
| Standard identifier# | 40030688436 |