The general idea is real: Abstaining from an activity for a while can make it more enjoyable. But the "dopamine fasting" trend has evolved into a weird extremi

The general idea is real: Abstaining from an activity for a while can make it more enjoyable. But the "dopamine fasting" trend has evolved into a weird extremist version of this where people try to avoid everything that might be enjoyable for a while. The catch, of course, is that you don't have to avoid everything enjoyable to rekindle that feeling of enjoyment for returning to specific things. These people would be far happier if they simply used their downtime to go exercise, or go for a walk, or socialize, or volunteer, or call up old friends. You don't have to be miserable to restore the enjoyment of something. Just do something else for a while instead of being chronically online all day every day.