PDF/ePub Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence Writen By Anna Lembke

Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence

By : Anna Lembke

Book Synopsis :

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

Book Detail :

Author : Anna Lembke

Pages : 304 pages

Publisher : Dutton Books

Language : eng

ISBN-10 : 152474672X

ISBN-13 : 9781524746728

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