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Dopamine Detox

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Self-improvement practice involving withdrawal from stimulating activities like social media, junk food, and porn that the author claims has genuine benefits.

Mentions (3)
"At all of these events there was zero access to alcohol, caffeine, nicotine, junk food, porn, or digital entertainment of any kind. Each time it went exactly the same way. The first three days you feel like a junkie going through withdrawals. Depression, fatigue, and splitting headaches. On day four"
"Worst of all is the concept of a 'dopamine detox.' Does something click in people's heads as soon as they see a polysyllabic, 'scientific' word? They suddenly want to stop gooning and scrolling as soon as some regard on a podcast says it messes up their dopamine circuitry?"
I instinctively disbelieve anyone who talks about dopamine · sovietbureaucrat · ↑171 · 2024-02-26
"I'm trying to get rid of certain habits (doomscrolling, X, refined sugar, etc.) and replace them with healthy behaviors like going on walks, spending time with people, weightlifting yada yada. Coupled with eating healthy, I legitimately has a mental breakdown last night and I know it's because my do"
Dopamine detoxing is not for the weak · Narrow-Recipe-6943 · ↑48 · 2024-05-25
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