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Dopamine is a general purpose neurotransmitter used for all kinds of things, all of the time. There is no such thing as a "dopamine reset". If doing a digital p
by tracerbulletx 4y ago
Dopamine is a general purpose neurotransmitter used for all kinds of things, all of the time. There is no such thing as a "dopamine reset". If doing a digital purge is beneficial it has nothing to do with "resetting dopamine"
- emptyfile 4y ago[dead]
- kelipso 4y agoIt's a term that's widely used by people who try to stop addictions like this and in topics related to dopamine's effects. Sometimes these terms get jargony/technical meanings and criticizing it or the entire topic just because you can't understand the meaning of these terms from the words themselves is not warranted.
- blueyes 4y ago"Dopamine reset" refers to resetting your baseline levels of dopamine. Highly recommend listening to Huberman's interview of Dr. Anna Lembke: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3JLaF_4Tz8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3JLaF_4Tz8 As well as her book, Dopamine Nation: https://www.amazon.com/Dopamine-Nation-Finding-Balance-Indulgence/dp/152474672X?tag=namespacebran400-20 https://www.amazon.com/Dopamine-Nation-Finding-Balance-Indul... Frequent, large spikes in dopamine, like those people get from drugs and to a lesser extent Twitter, can both lower your baseline and also make other activities seem uninteresting. They often lead to addiction, which is the primary example of people feeling low dopamine baselines and chasing high spikes.
- rchaud 4y agoI think of it as resetting our body's 'instant gratification' clock.