The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

Dopamine Expert: Short Form Videos Are Frying Your Brain! This Is A Dopamine Disaster!

January 5, 2026·1h 46m·6-min readinterviewself improvement
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Addiction in a world of abundance is a modern plague driven by dopamine dysregulation, where compulsive overconsumption of substances and digital media hijacks the brain’s reward system, leading to anhedonia and social fragmentation. Recovery requires self-compassion, abstinence for at le

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Anna Lembke

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Anna LembkeRob MalenkaNora VolkowBruce Alexander

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Dopamine Nationby Anna Lembke

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Rat Park experiment

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AddictionMental HealthNeuroscienceSelf Improvement

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