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Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence by Anna Lembke
4 reviews
dbumgarner's review against another edition
I found this book offensive in a few ways, including the author’s assumption that people in larger bodies are diagnosable with food addiction, citing the only symptom as “an inability to lose weight” and her puritanical beliefs about abstinence, especially around sexual triggers. I was hoping for some insight on how to navigate more mindfully in a world with so many screens and apps designed to steal my attention, but I don’t agree with her base values and beliefs and her supposition that *all* dopamine is bad or a slippery slope to addiction.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Fatphobia, Sexual content, Addiction, and Suicidal thoughts
e_a_bee's review against another edition
informative
medium-paced
2.0
Decent science, but some of her anecdotes are reductive and not particularly beneficial to the premise. Wouldn’t really recommend more than the chapter outlining her DOPAMINE acronym.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, and Fatphobia
okayshea's review against another edition
dark
informative
reflective
slow-paced
1.5
it always makes me feel icky and voyeuristic reading therapists tell their patients' stories, though i know obviously the patients gave their consent and i can see the value of sharing these real and vulnerable things people go through to create better understanding and give authentic examples. BUT this author came across judgmental of pretty much everyone she discussed in this book, and seemed to often look down on others struggling with addiction, even as she tried to relate personally by sharing her troubled relationship to romance novels. there were just too many cases where, to me, she felt smug and like she knew all the answers and didn't seem interested in actually learning what her patients saw of what they were going through -- and that's from her own retelling of these interactions. but maybe that's just me and that type of attitude might be necessary sometimes in helping someone with a serious addiction.
like other reviewers said, dopamine nation isn't really about modern technology or social media as much as the book advertises itself to be, and is more just about overcoming addiction and how dopamine works in general. there wasn't much scientific information in here that you couldn't gather from just watching a few self-help type youtube videos about dopamine or "dopamine resets". lembke also uses this book to make a few broad claims with flimsy support, so that turned me off too from finding much trust or value from this text. it just showed up on libby and was short, so i picked it.
like other reviewers said, dopamine nation isn't really about modern technology or social media as much as the book advertises itself to be, and is more just about overcoming addiction and how dopamine works in general. there wasn't much scientific information in here that you couldn't gather from just watching a few self-help type youtube videos about dopamine or "dopamine resets". lembke also uses this book to make a few broad claims with flimsy support, so that turned me off too from finding much trust or value from this text. it just showed up on libby and was short, so i picked it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, Mental illness, and Sexual content
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Fatphobia, and Body shaming
Minor: Self harm and Stalking
shewantsthediction's review against another edition
challenging
informative
reflective
slow-paced
2.0
I wouldn't really recommend this book as I disagree with a lot of the author's takes, but it did introduce/remind me of some new concepts, such as homeostasis, self-binding, and the false self.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Fatphobia
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