Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

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

28 reviews

mamatoca's review

informative fast-paced

3.75

Good read in conjunction with The Comfort Crisis. Both secular, pop science takes that support the spiritual practice of detachment,  moderation, and mindfulness. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse and Sexual content

gonereadingleave's review

informative reflective fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Drug abuse, and Sexual content

sunnyellis's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

3.0

It was not as practically  helpful as I would have like.  I think this book would be most useful for a counselor working with addiction.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Sexual content

Moderate: Drug use

Minor: Alcoholism

fireside_reads's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug use, and Sexual content

Minor: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Medical content

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

bluejayreads's review against another edition

3.25

I had intended to do a full review of this one, but it's so unmemorable that the day after I finished it I had a hard time recalling the main points. It was interesting to read about the biopsychology of addiction and case studies of former addicts, but for the casual reader that one popular YouTube video on dopamine detox will give you the same basic idea. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Sexual content

Moderate: Infidelity

the_wandering_wisp's review

informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use and Sexual content

srosen930's review

emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.75

This book did a good job backing up its main points with real life examples, which always helps me solidify a point.  

I was a little concerned that when the book got to the part of pressing on the "pain" side of the "pleasure - pain scale" that the author didnt condemn harmful self harm techniques.  Like cold showering is a good example of pressing on the pain side, but when talking about cutting, I would put a disclaimer there.  

The book ran a little long for me, but it wasn't too long or wordy.  

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Sexual content and Suicide