Title: Dopamine nation : finding balance in the age of indulgence  /
Authors: Lembke, Anna, 1967-
Year: 2021
Subjects: Pleasure; Pain; Compulsive behavior; Internet Social aspects; Substance abuse; Compulsive behavior; Internet Social aspects; Pain; Pleasure; Substance abuse
Abstract: "Resettling Your Brain in the Age of Cheap Pleasures"--
Contents: Introduction: The problem -- The pursuit of pleasure. Our masturbation machines ; Running from pain ; The pleasure-pain balance -- Self-binding. Dopamine fasting ; Science, time, and meaning ; A broken balance? -- The pursuit of pain. Pressing on the pain side ; Radical honesty ; Prosocial shame -- Conclusion: Lessons of the balance.