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#392 - Anna Lembke - How To Reset Your Brain's Dopamine Balance

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What's Happening With the Dopemine Levels?

The pursuit of pleasure for its own sake ultimately leads to annhedonia, or the absence of pleasure in anything that we do. And so on some level, pursuing pleasure is a mistake. We need to find a way of being in the world that isn't primarily focused on rewards but instead fosters a different meaning and purpose,. For example, having work that you believe in and that keeps you busy can really make feel like it's all worth it without necessarily making us experience pleasure.

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