i tried a dopamine “detox”

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emma chamberlain

Education, Self-improvement, Society & Culture, Personal Journals

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🗓️ 14 May 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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about a week ago, i had the realization that i had fallen into some bad habits. i'd been scrolling on social media a little bit too much, online shopping a little bit too much, ordering food delivery a little bit too much, and more. my brain felt cloudy. i felt anxious. i felt kind of depressed. i didn't feel as creative or as focused as i knew i could be. and i really make an effort in my life to have a healthy balance with modern convenience and entertainment, because i know how addictive these things are and how toxic they can be. but when i had this realization a week ago, i had the desire to take drastic measures. i decided i was going to do a dopamine detox. if you haven't heard of a dopamine detox, i'll explain it. and i will say this challenge, as minor as it may seem, was really eye-opening for me. it was challenging, but it was very rewarding. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	About a week ago I had the realization that I had fallen into some bad habits.
0:08.0	I realized I'd been scrolling on social media a little bit too much, online shopping a little bit too much,
0:12.6	online shopping a little bit too much,
0:14.9	ordering food, delivery, a little bit too much,
0:18.9	listening to podcasts a little bit too much,
0:20.8	watching YouTube a little bit too much, falling asleep to the sound of TV a little bit too much.
0:26.0	And I came to the realization because I felt like shit.
0:31.0	My brain felt cloudy, I felt anxious, I felt kind of depressed. I didn't feel like I was
0:38.4	being as creative as I knew I could be. I didn't feel like I was as focused as I knew I could be.
0:45.0	I just felt like shit. And I really make an effort in my life to have a healthy balance with modern convenience and modern entertainment,
0:54.6	because I know how addictive these things are and I know how toxic they can be.
1:01.1	But every once in a while, I find myself in a place where I've lost my balance with these things. And usually what I do is just fix it in a way that's pretty anticlimactic.
1:14.4	I mean, I just make the decision
1:16.7	that I'm going to regain that balance.
1:20.0	And then over the course of the following week or so,
1:23.8	I shift back into a healthy mode.
1:26.9	But when I had this realization a week ago
1:30.6	that I had fallen back into these bad habits.
1:33.7	I had this desire to take drastic measures.
1:37.1	And I normally don't, as I just mentioned.
1:39.6	Normally, I just kind of make the decision in my mind to go back to a healthy balance.
1:46.4	But for some reason, this time was different and I wanted to take drastic measures and I wanted
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