Show Notes
Our guest is Dr Anna Lembke, a professor of psychiatry at Stanford University School of Medicine and Chief of the Stanford Addiction Medicine Dual Diagnosis Clinic. A clinician scholar still seeing patients, Anna has published more than 100 peer-reviewed papers as well as her new book, Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence. The instant New York Times bestseller explores how to moderate compulsive overconsumption in a dopamine-overloaded world.
In this episode, we dive deep into answering the following thorny questions:
1. Why does New Zealand have the highest youth suicide rates 2. Why do young girls cut themselves 3. Why do we no longer find the simple things in life pleasurable 4. How social media has “drugified” human connections to make us feel inadequate and experience FOMO 5. How to reset your brain and get mental clarity 6. Why adversity in life makes the happiest people 7. How pleasure and pain are opposite sides of the same coin and their role in motivation and addiction 8. What you can do to manage addiction withdrawal symptoms when detoxing from your drug of choice e.g. video games or social media 9. How you can lean on your support network to build positive habits 10. What are healthier and more sustainable ways to find joy in life
Learn more about Anna Lembke, MD https://www.annalembke.com/
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