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

informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

I am practicing radical honesty in saying that, despite what the most popular goodreads reviews say, I really enjoyed this book! I read it alongside digital minimalism, and I felt like they were constantly talking to each other in a way that was quite fascinating. I didn't feel like Dr. Lembke was fearmongering, or encouraging eating disorders (???) or even exaggerating way too much when she brought up personal accounts. Instead, I felt like the whole book had a strong recurring theme of taking accountability for your own actions and choices, and facing reality as it is, instead of running away from it trough various different addictive behaviors. Yes, some of her suggestions aren't for everyone (cold plunges, for example, have not been proven to be as beneficial to women as they are to men), but I feel like it's a worthwhile story to be told regardless. It was about the bigger picture.

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