Reviews tagging 'Eating disorder'

Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence by Anna Lembke

8 reviews

kiwichill's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Medical content

slipppers98's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

2.5

Warning: Animal cruelty detailed!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, and Sexual content

Moderate: Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, and Pandemic/Epidemic

mjadeh's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Alcohol

adrianna_0623's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Mental illness, and Alcohol

drdolphinphd's review against another edition

emotional informative slow-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Murder

debbilynn42's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

3.0

The narrative jumped around and the book lacked a central thread connecting the stories together into a purpose for their inclusion. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

emilycheek's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

2.0

If the topic interests you, I recommend listening to a podcast interview or read an article by the author instead.

The whole book circled around the idea that was finally stated at the very end: “I urge you to find a way to immerse yourself fully in the life that you’ve been given. To stop running from whatever you’re trying to escape, and instead to stop, and turn, and face whatever it is.”

The lower rating is primarily for some harmful statements about the causes of obesity, praising dieting, and the concept that religious modesty is a tactic to prevent sex addiction. I would have loved to read more about phone/screen addiction or her unpacking of the 12 Steps, but instead the content was focused more on the “shock and awe” stories from her professional work as a psychiatrist. Overall, I found it lacked nuance.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, and Eating disorder

kkarinh's review against another edition

fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, and Alcohol

Minor: Body shaming, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Car accident, and Dysphoria