How You Can Balance Dopamine and Stop ADDICTION | Dr. Anna Lembke

Dr. Anna Lembke, MD, is a psychiatrist and Chief of the Stanford Addiction Dual Diagnosis Clinic at Stanford Medicine. She's the expert in treating all kinds of addictions, from clinical to subclinical: drugs, alcohol, online shopping, apps, food, s3x, video games, gambling, and others. Dr. Lembke is also a best-selling author, and her latest book is being translated into 25 languages (Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence). In this episode, we discuss how to recognize & defeat addiction and the role of dopamine in addiction. We cover practical tools for winning the battle with addiction, like dopamine fasting (dopamine detox), self-binding, exercise, and cold exposure. ◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️ ➢ SUBSCRIBE to the channel to learn more ◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️ SOCIALS ➢ Instagram:   / iaminkaland   ➢ Newsletter: www.inkaland.co/newsletter ◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️ Dr. Anna Lembke https://www.annalembke.com/ https://www.annalembke.com/selected-p... https://www.annalembke.com/online-cou... ◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️ TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Intro 02:10 What is dopamine, and what does it do 05:00 Dopamine, reward, and pain 06:25 Addiction withdrawal and dopamine deficit 08:00 What is addiction / signs of addiction 14:20 -15:40 and 22:35 - 26:57 Dopamine detox / Dopamine fasting 15:40 State of addiction (alcohol addiction, game addiction, TikTok addiction, Instagram addiction etc) 18:45 Which behaviors can become an addiction 20:00 Can you get addicted to exercise, cold exposure, or fasting? 22:35 What's Dopamine fasting (dopamine detox) and how to do it? 26:55 I did dopamine fasting - here's what happened 28:25 Self-binding and other methods to overcome addiction 31:40 Increase dopamine naturally