Introduction of Dopamine Detox

 

Are you someone who feels constantly busy but never gets enough done? Do you find yourself gearing up to complete a task but before you know it, you are drowning in emails, to-do lists, or getting lost in your phone? Perhaps you find it hard to motivate yourself to achieve the goals that you truly desire. Instead of focusing on working toward your goals and ambitions, you get distracted from them and instead, lose yourself in the daily humdrum of life. Perhaps you find it difficult to concentrate and have picked up procrastination habits that are preventing you from getting what you really want out of life. 

Well, there’s a reason for that. Many of the activities we engage in day-to-day are not only hindering our progress, but are also having negative effects on our brain’s dopamine levels. In fact, few people consider the negative impacts our tech-centered lives can have on our emotional well-being. Now in the 21st Century, smartphones have given us the ability to complete many of our daily tasks from one hand-held device. On the same half-hour bus ride, you can book a flight, read an excerpt from your favorite novel, check the stock market, and take a Zoom call, all from the comfort of your mobile phone.

 

So what’s the problem?

While technology has undoubtedly improved many aspects of our lives, many modern daily habits are having a terrible impact on our brains. Many of our performative habits ensure that we are never fully focusing on the task at hand. Consider your daily habits and how you usually react to a single moment of downtime. It is not uncommon to be walking down the street while shooting off an email. Socializing with friends often includes posting the occasion on social media before the meet-up is even finished. Work days often include side-tracked time spent on researching your next holiday destination or reading celebrity gossip. The problem with these modern daily habits lies not in the habits themselves, but how these overstimulating activities make you feel. 

The more we seek reward-based stimulation, the greater the desire for stimulation becomes. In other words, the modern world has people seeking more dopamine hits than ever before. This leaves our brains in constant overstimulation mode. If you are suffering from burnout, finding it hard to get motivated, and want to know how you can start getting your focus back, then this book is for you. 

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In Dopamine Detox, we will be learning what exactly dopamine is and what it does to the brain, as well as finding out which daily activities can overstimulate our dopamine production. This book will also focus on understanding how obsessive and negative thoughts can further instill procrastination habits that ultimately stop you from getting what you want out of life. We are going to investigate all types of addiction—from thoughts to smartphones to substances—and what happens to our dopamine levels when we are addicted to something. Then, I will teach you exactly what a dopamine detox is—step-by-step actionable methods to reduce your dopamine overstimulation and tried and tested methods that will help you avoid relapse. The methods written in this book have had clinical and measured success for many people. In fact, the very method of a “dopamine detox” has its scientific origins deriving from modern addiction services.