Digital Addictions Are Drowning Us in Dopamine

[Braveheart]

Digital Addictions Are Drowning Us in Dopamine

Rising rates of depression and anxiety in wealthy countries like the U.S. may be a result of our brains getting hooked on the neurotransmitter associated with pleasure.

www.wsj.com

 

[stoic]

Looks like the typical anti-dopamine, missing-the-forest-for-the-trees medical rambling.

 

[rei]

Looks like the typical anti-dopamine, missing-the-forest-for-the-trees medical rambling.

It might very well be that dopamine excess when not supported by an underlying functioning metabolism will cause downregulation to protect the organism from excess signalling. And if you spend hours playing fast-paced video games or ruminating about your social media status it is not surprise that you have no juice left to do other demanding tasks. So when you stop anything that makes demands on you and live like a monk, you have more reserves available to force yourself to some tasks that need to be done but are not rewarding, making them seem more rewarding and palatable.

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[charlie]

It's the blue light and they know it. Look how twitter just cranked up the blue.

 

[Birdie]

I saw this related one this morning too. Going to watch it later when the brain fog lifts.

Video: An Introduction to the Power of Social Media’s Algorithms

Video: An Introduction to the Power of Social Media’s Algorithms

You must take away your teenager’s smartphone. Here’s why.

www.garynorth.com

 

[Waynish]

Materialists will never get it. Your attention is a precious resource. This is much more like feeding on your life energy than it is anything else... And dopamine - most of all - is laughable. These people are all dopamine depleted & devoid of energy.

 

[Nebula]

It's the blue light and they know it. Look how twitter just cranked up the blue.

Sitting hunched by yourself enveloped in emfs not a great health practice either.

 

[Makrosky]

It's the blue light and they know it. Look how twitter just cranked up the blue.

But charlie do you think this makes a difference? After all if you are not checking twitter you'll be checking something else on the screen, which still emits lots of blue light.

 

[Don]

It's the blue light and they know it. Look how twitter just cranked up the blue.

for sure this is part of the problem, all new shows and movies and news and commercials are so blue i cant even look at the screen without my BB on !