@Komal Ghaghada i think you miss understand the idea of a dopamine detox. The idea is to stop the constant spikes in your brain not get rid of it. Just balance it out
@@trent4198 not an expert but I'd say eliminate all TV, internet, music, video games, phone, junk foods, porn, sex, and anything that gives u pleasure. Reading and taking walks is ok. I think that's a good start there.
@@frankhtlllful you cant just eliminate all of those things without replacing them. You get bored and when u get bored for a long time u get depressed and your brain goes wild to counteract the bored
This is a great video. The study of dopamine is fascinating. Imagine if we got the same exact dopamine rush each time doing an activity - we'd never stop doing it! We'd burn out. I wonder how this relates to longevity.
Different Take on Dopamine Fasting (pretty accurate video by the way, except on the cortisol part, which is lacking) Dopamine fasting ‘works’ but because it avoid choice contrast (which causes stress and cortisol release), not because it ‘recharges’ dopamine systems. Indeed when we get bored of anything from too much pizza to too much sex, dopamine release is suppressed for a time, but bounces back naturally given a little time and abstinence. More on how choice contrast and how it works here: Cinderella and her effects In the fairy tale, Cinderella faced daily exhaustion through having to pursue innumerable small tasks heaped upon her by her stepsisters and evil stepmother, with each task having the same high priority, resulting in lots of continuous dilemmas and resulting stress. Although the demands were not great, it was the continuous indecisions that hurt. In Cinderella’s case and in the real world, sustained levels of muscular tension are commonly produced during continuous moment to moment alternative choices wherein any choice entails near equivalent feasible or avoidable losses, or dilemmas. These dilemmas may consist of two or more rationally comparable choices that are near equivalent (e.g. what choice to make in a card game) or two choices that represent affective choices or affective vs. rational choices that are near equivalent in value and cannot be logically compared. An affective choice will be defined as anticipatory positive affect or more specifically, a priming effect due to the enhanced and sustained activity of mid-brain dopamine systems that provide an affective value (or ‘wanting’) to engaging in or the prospect of engaging in positive unpredicted or novel events (e.g. checking email) or primary drives (e.g. ‘wanting’ an ice cream cone). As such this activity may occur not only when a discrepancy is perceived but also from moment to moment prior to or in anticipation of that event. Thus, continuous decision making between alternative choices (e.g. doing housework or minding a child, working or surfing the internet, staying on a diet or eating ice cream, keeping a dental appointment or staying at home) represents irreconcilable affective and/or rational alternatives wherein one choice entails the loss of its alternative, and is associated with sustained or tonic levels of tension that is painful. This ‘Cinderella Effect’, represents the continuous activation of ‘slow twitch muscular units’ (also called Cinderella fibers). This sustained activation causes them to eventually fail, and thus recruit other groups of muscles more peripheral to the original group, resulting in pain and exhaustion. In addition, these slow twitch fibers are slow to deactivate, and will continue activated even during subsequent intervals of rest. The aversive result of this long-term activation conforms to the concept of ‘allostatic load’, which predicts that tension and arousal will be maladaptive when there is an imbalance between activation and rest/recovery. Specifically, continuous low level or ‘slight’ tension results in overexposure to stress hormones, high blood pressure, and resulting mental and physical exhaustion. pp.42-43 www.scribd.com/document/495438436/A-Mouse-s-Tale-a-practical-explanation-and-handbook-of-motivation-from-the-perspective-of-a-humble-creature also, for more on how dopamine works, see Berridge Lab, University of Michigan sites.lsa.umich.edu/berridge-lab/
Thank you. So it’s better that we expose for dopamine a little bit once in a while, but staying away from media and then starting over it would just stress a body, do I understand it right?
Usually I get a huge spike in cortisol when doing nothing because I should be doing things in that time And no, I'm not a workaholic, quite the contrary, I distract myself from having to think about work/other hard things as much as possible
Great video, but the ‘debunked’ in the title is a bit misleading - you say it doesn’t effect dopamine but less dopamine is being released during the process, so therefor it is a detox?
Yea he's just trying to sound smarter than the people promoting it. A tactic to get more views. Manipulative really. I've watched plenty of videos on dopamine detox and they say in the videos it's that I'd doesnt actually effect the dopamine, less is released. Dopamine Detox is just a name. People get too caught up in words and end up sounding ignorant while trying to sound smarter than thou at the same time
@@GnosticChild what you really do is reduce the cortisol levels, reducing the production of dopamine is a side effect. Going on a trip to the forest or camping has the same effect, Doctors in Japan actually prescribe this.
The title is misleading. This guy is making a case based on semantics and in doing so loses credibility. What's being detoxed is toxic lifestyle choices with dopamine being the operant word. How's the irony in that? Getting a hit of dopamine from seeking TH-cam videos with the word dopamine in them.
I have fasted multiple times, usually with just water, as little as 6 days and as many as 9. The first time was the best though. When I ate my fresh orange to break the fast, it was like every cell in my body responded with a little "happy dance." Although it was not in the context of a "spiritual retreat," I could definitely see how others would benefit in such a context. Highly recommend it!
After several times of fasting, you have discovered that the results are not as pronounced as the first time. Interesting. Maybe fasting for several days is not a great benefit. Somewhat like flagellating, the scars deaden the experience. I hope you don't fast again. It's not healthy, I had to do so due to an intestinal infection and had to take nutritional additives to prevent organ damage. Lent only asks one to give up a certain desire for 40 days (chocolate, alcohol, flour, etc...), choose one (and only one) and give it up for 40 days (ok its 44 but whatever).
@Komal Ghaghada also as a muslim I fast the whole month Ramadan,we don’t even consume water during fasting,also I am fit and muscular even after a month of fasting so I guess you need to research more on studies conducted on fasting
I also attended that retreat, but stopped sleeping after Day 3, which no one warned me about. I freaked out about that so I left on Day 6. I should have done more research and prepared myself better.
A year ago I didn't eat for 19 days, drinking only water and I must say that after this 'detox' everything tasted much stronger and better to me, I also needed only 5h of sleep. I must say it was, in some ways quite spiritual experience too.
I thought a dopamine detox was all about detoxing bad dopamine like going on your phone or playing your ps4 but letting yourself have fun doing things like runs, hanging with friends, reading a book increasing your dopamine levels in a healthy way
while you make a lot of sense from the neurochemical/terminological point of view, I think that the name "dopamine detox" is in fact very catchy and it's kind of a "thought shortcut". as such, I think we should keep calling it that, so more and more people hear about it and familiarize themselves with it.
wow! This should have like 1000 times more views!! You are so spot on with your observations and perspectives! I really enjoyed the video, thank you so much!
This has great information. I wish I could get the facts straight without those distracting movie clips. But I understand if that's what consumers like nowadays.
I just get so...so annoyed and skeptical of something when I see 100 videos from fast-talking influencers on the same subject. It feels like a sales-pitch and I hate it. This is a nice change of pace.
I don't understand. If you get dopamine every time you do something you enjoy, then wouldn't you have higher levels of dopamine in your brain when you do those activities? And less of them if you were doing a detox?
@@GnosticChild It is very much relatable everything does through the same system in the brain - speaking from loootss of experience and seeing others as well - dopamine detox is amazing but hard, you feel sometimes you want to rip yourself open because your so bored, or just lacking that hit of watever, after a few days you get more calm, can think clearly and understand that you don`t need all this "stimulation" and it`s actually not healthy in the long term.
As always, great information! Thanks Gregory for your time and creativity to offer these videos :) *Yes, I have done a couple of retreats and it does a world of good.
Dopamine detox is good, cheap dopamine can literally make you feel like you’re winning when you’re doing fuck all! Just posted a comedy skit on my channel about this that you might like too! 😈💪☯️🎉🔥🏋️♂️💥
Hacking motivation and pleasure through simple resting. (and its not dopamine detox!) Procedure: Consistent alternation between a resting protocol (e.g. mindfulness) and the pursuit of meaningful behavior will increase motivation and positive affect (arousal and pleasure). Explanation: Resting elicits opioid activity, or feels pleasurable, and meaningful behavior, as defined as behavior that has branching novel and positive outcomes (writing that great novel or just making the bed) elicits dopamine activity which causes arousal. The awareness of subsequent meaningful behavior while engaging in relaxation protocols such as mindfulness elicits a ‘priming’ response, namely dopamine release that increases opioid activity, and vice versa, making meaningful behavior seem self-reinforcing or ‘autotelic’. This procedure can be derived empirically, demonstrated personally, and emerges logically from an analysis of peak or ‘flow’ experiences. More granular detail on the neuroscience behind this in the little open-source book on learning theory below, and from the work of the distinguished affective neuroscientist Kent Berridge, from whose work this procedure is derived, and who also was kind to review and endorse my work linked below. ‘A Mouse’s Tale’ Learning theory for a lay audience from the perspective of modern affective neuroscience www.scribd.com/document/495438436/A-Mouse-s-Tale-a-practical-explanation-and-handbook-of-motivation-from-the-perspective-of-a-humble-creature ( Explanation of procedure on pp. 109-117, and an analysis of the flow experience on pp.148-151) Berridge article on the Neuroscience of Happiness - from Scientific American sites.lsa.umich.edu/berridge-lab/wp-content/uploads/sites/743/2019/10/Kringelbach-Berridge-2012-Joyful-mind-Sci-Am.pdf Berridge Lab, University of Michigan sites.lsa.umich.edu/berridge-lab/
The intro paints it as doing nothing; instead he should be walking in nature, reading, exercising, meditating, doing housework he is avoiding. Misrepresenting the idea is silly; proves you don’t understand it; doesn’t make me want to watch the video 🤷🏼♂️
Is this recommendable for people with concentration and mood regulation issues? I'm having a hard time concentrating on tasks and get really frustrated.
Hi, I have another point of view. We all know that our body has the property to adapt to the new environment, ok in general to adapt. When you start to do this "dopamine detox", our brain is getting used to the boring environment, and every boring stuff which was for us in past will be now very enjoyable. This is why most people which live poorly, in bad conditions, people which worked in a not comfortable zone, always get success, because they want more, despite their works are boring.
Well, yeah, I took one week of dopamine detox, concentrated on work and study. Crushed and burned out. I think that if I had had some fun, I would have been able to carry on.
Lovely video and I've been doing silence retreats since 17 yrs - now I know why i love them so much ! I now facilitate these retreats in Belgium but Belgians still need a bit more awareness raising on why this is so crucial for having a stable mental state as well as protecting our neuropsychological functioning (especially with all the hyper stimulation going on)
Many people and groups do versions of this. Jews, for example, who want to slow down and focus on family and nature do this from Friday night through Saturday night. It’s called Shabbat. It’s very helpful. Some are more observant than others. People who practice Shomer Shabbat use that time to go with electricity, phones, cars, any other technology. There are ways to have the electricity or gas work without the work required to put it on. But most of us don’t go to that extreme. It’s a time to refresh our brains, bodies, and “souls”, if you believe in that. We do enjoy music, homemade food and having sex with our partners. Why would you drop those? Are you crazy?! It’s about the family. I’m a secular Jewess but I’ve done it in the past to a degree and it’s helpful to take a pause during the week. All these practices can be halted during an emergency, of course. Life always comes before observance.
I took dopamine dextox and just quiting things you spend to much time on that youve done out of habit like watching youtube too much, and doing somthing you dont really want to do like reading a book youve put off reading or focusing on learning a new skill instead of binginge netflix
In my opinion, detox works but doing it for limited time won't help. To get real results you should own it like a lifestyle. But not like these versions(no social interaction, no food etc). It should be less extreme.
Soo I'm curious to know how you think dopamine fasting doesn't actually work? You havnt actually stated. From what I've learnt by reducing the amount of dopamine secreted into the brain we can upregulate/activate the dopamine receptors which have been deactivated due to constant stimulation and dopamine release. Therefore we have more active receptors to pick up released soon be making us more sensitive to it. So how is dopamine le els not improved from a detox? Please elaborate
He actually says that it DOES work, just not in the way that is implied by the name "detox". He recommends that you still do it, he just explains why the name detox is incorrect.
Hello there! I have a question, don't know If you gonna answer It but here we go: I have lupus and I used to take a lot of corticoids. What did they do to my brain and there's any way to reverse It or to lower my cortisol levels? Cheers from Brazil!
Corticoids are really bad. They should only be taken if all else fails, and only for short period of times. Cortisol attacks and kills brain cells, especially in the hippocampus. the hippocampus is important in memory (how is yours?) and neurogenesis (the creation of new brain cells). So yes, you can lower cortisol levels. We have a course on stress management (cortisol is a stress hormone) and one on the stimulation of neurogenesis inside the Brain Academy. Check us out at www.brainacademy.com
Very helpful video. At least twice a year we get away to Christian conferences where we disconnect from phones and computers. They're busy weekends but so refreshing!
Lol im loving Boring now, i take more action for my goals. Before i was dependent on Coffee and music, and had such BS thoughts, angry and happy all the time I eat fruits and veggies now, some meat, the most clean that i can. I left Gluten and Casein. You can do it Guys! The guy in the video is right Dopamine is just inside of us, we just will have it stimulated endogenously instead of exogenously.
There could be all kind of causes, and obviously it's impossible to give a diagnosis on a TH-cam video comment ;). If I were your therapist, I would first check 1: Do you have addiction issues? 2: What's your job/life like and why did you choose for it? Not at all suggesting this applies to you, as we don't know each other. Go and see a local psychotherapist. They should be able to help.
I clicked on this video specifically because I wanted an actual scientific examination of this fad instead of some dude who claims it’ll change my life, and your video was exactly what I was looking for. Thank you and nice job!
@@BrainAcademy1 Hi! Greetings from India! Great video! Thanks for the scientific perspective, and a very balanced one... But what about the dopamine tolerance level? Isn't that essentially what we're trying to bring under control when dopamine-fasting? Cuz what I've understood about dopamine fasting is that when we're bombarded with dopamine all the time, we develop a tolerance to it, and become incapable of doing any activity that offers a level of dopamine lower than what we've gotten used to, activities that offer no instant reward but that are extremely important for a better life, such as those required to achieve long term goals. And from my experience, you also begin to find great joy in simple things like trees swaying in the breeze or a beautiful sky, when you haven't been doing too many dopamine inducing activities... So, is there any scientific truth to dopamine tolerance?
@@liamfoo09 thank you for your question. I mean people try to meditate in order to be more calm and conscious and to relax the mind. In my opinion sleep is a form of meditation as the mind is in reset mode and organizes itself and processes experiences from the subconscious which results in a more clear and conscious mind. Sleep is an excellent healer and I believe that there is no practice as healthy for the mind as deep sleep.
@@liamfoo09 for deep sleep it is very helpful to limit or better stay away from caffeine, nicotine and alcohol. you will feel a huge difference in the quality of your sleep. You will be so much calmer and have so much more energy.
@@steviedee3140 Thanks for replying :) - I'm a big believer in meditation, and I'm just sort of diving into to the benefits of great sleep. Do you take any supplements/fruits/drinks that help you get into a deep sleep, rather than rolling about your bed for an hour (one of my problems)
Actually, the way dopamine works, it is the source of our addictions. It's involved in things like drugs, gambling, alcohol and so on... Too much dopamine in our system isn't good. But unless we are in a state of addiction, a 'dopamine detox' won't affect our dopamine levels.
@@BrainAcademy1 I literally just said that. As I said I think you just want to correct people and sound smart sir. And for absolutely no reason. No one said the detox effects dopamine levels.
@@GnosticChild Do you understand the definition of "detox"? The implication that it reduces dopamine is right there in the name "dopamine detox", no one has to "say" it. It's literally the definition of the name.
@@turbo2ltr Do you know the difference between denotative and connotation meaning. No one is trying to give a vocabulary lesson when talking about the Dopamine DETOX. It's just whatever the creator chose to name it. It's not that big of a deal. Calm down. Drink water
Well Done, I'm interested in the matter of god, and if dopamine's could help for excited to met him, could that stimulates the brain to try to connect with outer .. have you ever had a lecture about God and your view about that?
Yeah, I know... The other option is to leave all this information inside a paid membership site, which I also did. You can access all these videos inside the Brain Academy, without ads.
@@Theresa64524 he's in the right of placing ads, I'm in the right of not watching the videos, and you're in the right getting mad at random people on the internet ✌️
TLDR: it's not technically a dopamine detox, but it still works and you should do it 👍🏻
Thank you for saving me damnly 10 minutes.
You're a god damn hero. Saved me from focusing for 10 minutes. And yes, I do see the irony.
Thank you!
@Komal Ghaghada You can't develop hypokinetic disorders from just receiving less dopamine releasing stimulations.
@Komal Ghaghada i think you miss understand the idea of a dopamine detox. The idea is to stop the constant spikes in your brain not get rid of it. Just balance it out
If you do it like the guy on the couch, it does you no good. If you do it mindfully, you grow from it. Doing nothing is boring to a mind unaware.
hey bro, can you emphasize a little on this? i wanna do this detox, and i dont know how exactly i should do it for it to be effective
@@trent4198 not an expert but I'd say eliminate all TV, internet, music, video games, phone, junk foods, porn, sex, and anything that gives u pleasure. Reading and taking walks is ok. I think that's a good start there.
@@frankhtlllful you cant just eliminate all of those things without replacing them. You get bored and when u get bored for a long time u get depressed and your brain goes wild to counteract the bored
Most guides recommend mild exersize, meditating and journaling but no reading. Id go crazy bit i guess thats the point.
@@koolaydkkid3544 true ur right about that.
I'm obsessed with watching dopamine videos. I hope my brain isn't releasing too much dopamine while watching them.
It's obsessing, and I want to try it on weekends. Only important messages and important thing I would allow...
This is a great video. The study of dopamine is fascinating. Imagine if we got the same exact dopamine rush each time doing an activity - we'd never stop doing it! We'd burn out. I wonder how this relates to longevity.
Different Take on Dopamine Fasting (pretty accurate video by the way, except on the cortisol part, which is lacking)
Dopamine fasting ‘works’ but because it avoid choice contrast (which causes stress and cortisol release), not because it ‘recharges’ dopamine systems. Indeed when we get bored of anything from too much pizza to too much sex, dopamine release is suppressed for a time, but bounces back naturally given a little time and abstinence.
More on how choice contrast and how it works here:
Cinderella and her effects
In the fairy tale, Cinderella faced daily exhaustion through having to pursue innumerable small tasks heaped upon her by her stepsisters and evil stepmother, with each task having the same high priority, resulting in lots of continuous dilemmas and resulting stress. Although the demands were not great, it was the continuous indecisions that hurt. In Cinderella’s case and in the real world, sustained levels of muscular tension are commonly produced during continuous moment to moment alternative choices wherein any choice entails near equivalent feasible or avoidable losses, or dilemmas. These dilemmas may consist of two or more rationally comparable choices that are near equivalent (e.g. what choice to make in a card game) or two choices that represent affective choices or affective vs. rational choices that are near equivalent in value and cannot be logically compared. An affective choice will be defined as anticipatory positive affect or more specifically, a priming effect due to the enhanced and sustained activity of mid-brain dopamine systems that provide an affective value (or ‘wanting’) to engaging in or the prospect of engaging in positive unpredicted or novel events (e.g. checking email) or primary drives (e.g. ‘wanting’ an ice cream cone). As such this activity may occur not only when a discrepancy is perceived but also from moment to moment prior to or in anticipation of that event. Thus, continuous decision making between alternative choices (e.g. doing housework or minding a child, working or surfing the internet, staying on a diet or eating ice cream, keeping a dental appointment or staying at home) represents irreconcilable affective and/or rational alternatives wherein one choice entails the loss of its alternative, and is associated with sustained or tonic levels of tension that is painful. This ‘Cinderella Effect’, represents the continuous activation of ‘slow twitch muscular units’ (also called Cinderella fibers). This sustained activation causes them to eventually fail, and thus recruit other groups of muscles more peripheral to the original group, resulting in pain and exhaustion. In addition, these slow twitch fibers are slow to deactivate, and will continue activated even during subsequent intervals of rest. The aversive result of this long-term activation conforms to the concept of ‘allostatic load’, which predicts that tension and arousal will be maladaptive when there is an imbalance between activation and rest/recovery. Specifically, continuous low level or ‘slight’ tension results in overexposure to stress hormones, high blood pressure, and resulting mental and physical exhaustion.
pp.42-43 www.scribd.com/document/495438436/A-Mouse-s-Tale-a-practical-explanation-and-handbook-of-motivation-from-the-perspective-of-a-humble-creature
also, for more on how dopamine works, see Berridge Lab, University of Michigan sites.lsa.umich.edu/berridge-lab/
So, how can we repair our mezolimbic system? without cortisol release.
dam I wish I could understand this better... I'll have a look at those links
Thank you. So it’s better that we expose for dopamine a little bit once in a while, but staying away from media and then starting over it would just stress a body, do I understand it right?
Usually I get a huge spike in cortisol when doing nothing because I should be doing things in that time
And no, I'm not a workaholic, quite the contrary, I distract myself from having to think about work/other hard things as much as possible
I feel you Friend. It is just the same for me. I was supposed to be studying for past 2-3 week now but each day I just do nothing. 😔
and thats why you are anxious about work because you are running away from work haha 'discipline frees' its a nice one, should remind myself too 😂
Great video, but the ‘debunked’ in the title is a bit misleading - you say it doesn’t effect dopamine but less dopamine is being released during the process, so therefor it is a detox?
Detox would be not producing it
@@Jos6128x wrong
Yea he's just trying to sound smarter than the people promoting it. A tactic to get more views. Manipulative really. I've watched plenty of videos on dopamine detox and they say in the videos it's that I'd doesnt actually effect the dopamine, less is released. Dopamine Detox is just a name. People get too caught up in words and end up sounding ignorant while trying to sound smarter than thou at the same time
@@GnosticChild what you really do is reduce the cortisol levels, reducing the production of dopamine is a side effect. Going on a trip to the forest or camping has the same effect, Doctors in Japan actually prescribe this.
The title is misleading. This guy is making a case based on semantics and in doing so loses credibility. What's being detoxed is toxic lifestyle choices with dopamine being the operant word. How's the irony in that? Getting a hit of dopamine from seeking TH-cam videos with the word dopamine in them.
I have fasted multiple times, usually with just water, as little as 6 days and as many as 9. The first time was the best though. When I ate my fresh orange to break the fast, it was like every cell in my body responded with a little "happy dance." Although it was not in the context of a "spiritual retreat," I could definitely see how others would benefit in such a context. Highly recommend it!
After several times of fasting, you have discovered that the results are not as pronounced as the first time. Interesting. Maybe fasting for several days is not a great benefit. Somewhat like flagellating, the scars deaden the experience. I hope you don't fast again. It's not healthy, I had to do so due to an intestinal infection and had to take nutritional additives to prevent organ damage. Lent only asks one to give up a certain desire for 40 days (chocolate, alcohol, flour, etc...), choose one (and only one) and give it up for 40 days (ok its 44 but whatever).
@@joebloward6243 bellend
Idk how you do that, i cant do 5 hours without eating
@Komal Ghaghada wth dude we know that but the point here is to get same rush of dopamine in every aspect of life as you can’t eliminate dopamine
@Komal Ghaghada also as a muslim I fast the whole month Ramadan,we don’t even consume water during fasting,also I am fit and muscular even after a month of fasting so I guess you need to research more on studies conducted on fasting
I was in 10 days Vipassanā Meditation retreat, best time of my life.
I also attended that retreat, but stopped sleeping after Day 3, which no one warned me about. I freaked out about that so I left on Day 6. I should have done more research and prepared myself better.
@@andyhamilton9459 why did you stop sleeping? I'm intrigued
@@brittneyymacgregor7320 me too
@@andyhamilton9459 why did you stop sleeping?
A year ago I didn't eat for 19 days, drinking only water and I must say that after this 'detox' everything tasted much stronger and better to me, I also needed only 5h of sleep. I must say it was, in some ways quite spiritual experience too.
Fasting for 19 days is not a healthy thing to do. You should treat your body better.
@@joebloward6243 I do, thanks for your care :) Not eating was however a unique experience, I don't do it all the time.
@@joebloward6243 fasting is healthy. Keep believing the bs these doctors telling you.
@@candytwiggytwist3506 he’s wrong anyway
Bro how tf did u even survive on just water for 19 FUCKING DAYS
I thought a dopamine detox was all about detoxing bad dopamine like going on your phone or playing your ps4 but letting yourself have fun doing things like runs, hanging with friends, reading a book increasing your dopamine levels in a healthy way
Why are those activities healthier than video games?
that why you shjould always get advice from an expert not some stupid TH-cam guru splurting out bro science
while you make a lot of sense from the neurochemical/terminological point of view, I think that the name "dopamine detox" is in fact very catchy and it's kind of a "thought shortcut". as such, I think we should keep calling it that, so more and more people hear about it and familiarize themselves with it.
Yea he's really grasping at straws here..
I was waiting for him to mention about upregulation/downregulation dopamine receptors
But if such detox does not affect your dopamine levels then its not accurate to call it dopamine detox. It doesnt make any logical sense.
wow! This should have like 1000 times more views!! You are so spot on with your observations and perspectives! I really enjoyed the video, thank you so much!
Glad you enjoyed it!
This has great information. I wish I could get the facts straight without those distracting movie clips. But I understand if that's what consumers like nowadays.
I guess you could say the modern TH-cam watcher definitely needs a cortisol detox, and he understands that
Great video, very informative ✨
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I just get so...so annoyed and skeptical of something when I see 100 videos from fast-talking influencers on the same subject. It feels like a sales-pitch and I hate it. This is a nice change of pace.
“cant get rid of it”
*cuts to minions*
id have to agree there
good enough to keep on watching and burn my toasts :) valuable lesson in this crazy world
lol, sorry for the toasts... but that was really funny 😂
I‘m sorry for you loss
What advice do you have for People with ADHD with naturally lower Dopamine production in the brain?
L-tyrosine from your local grocery store
Sport helps a lot
I don't understand.
If you get dopamine every time you do something you enjoy, then wouldn't you have higher levels of dopamine in your brain when you do those activities?
And less of them if you were doing a detox?
Correct
@@mindoablues This is not relatable to alchohol at all lol
@@GnosticChild It is very much relatable everything does through the same system in the brain - speaking from loootss of experience and seeing others as well - dopamine detox is amazing but hard, you feel sometimes you want to rip yourself open because your so bored, or just lacking that hit of watever, after a few days you get more calm, can think clearly and understand that you don`t need all this "stimulation" and it`s actually not healthy in the long term.
As always, great information! Thanks Gregory for your time and creativity to offer these videos :) *Yes, I have done a couple of retreats and it does a world of good.
Dopamine detox is good, cheap dopamine can literally make you feel like you’re winning when you’re doing fuck all! Just posted a comedy skit on my channel about this that you might like too! 😈💪☯️🎉🔥🏋️♂️💥
Hacking motivation and pleasure through simple resting. (and its not dopamine detox!)
Procedure: Consistent alternation between a resting protocol (e.g. mindfulness) and the pursuit of meaningful behavior will increase motivation and positive affect (arousal and pleasure).
Explanation: Resting elicits opioid activity, or feels pleasurable, and meaningful behavior, as defined as behavior that has branching novel and positive outcomes (writing that great novel or just making the bed) elicits dopamine activity which causes arousal. The awareness of subsequent meaningful behavior while engaging in relaxation protocols such as mindfulness elicits a ‘priming’ response, namely dopamine release that increases opioid activity, and vice versa, making meaningful behavior seem self-reinforcing or ‘autotelic’. This procedure can be derived empirically, demonstrated personally, and emerges logically from an analysis of peak or ‘flow’ experiences.
More granular detail on the neuroscience behind this in the little open-source book on learning theory below, and from the work of the distinguished affective neuroscientist Kent Berridge, from whose work this procedure is derived, and who also was kind to review and endorse my work linked below.
‘A Mouse’s Tale’ Learning theory for a lay audience from the perspective of modern affective neuroscience www.scribd.com/document/495438436/A-Mouse-s-Tale-a-practical-explanation-and-handbook-of-motivation-from-the-perspective-of-a-humble-creature ( Explanation of procedure on pp. 109-117, and an analysis of the flow experience on pp.148-151)
Berridge article on the Neuroscience of Happiness - from Scientific American sites.lsa.umich.edu/berridge-lab/wp-content/uploads/sites/743/2019/10/Kringelbach-Berridge-2012-Joyful-mind-Sci-Am.pdf
Berridge Lab, University of Michigan sites.lsa.umich.edu/berridge-lab/
The intro paints it as doing nothing; instead he should be walking in nature, reading, exercising, meditating, doing housework he is avoiding. Misrepresenting the idea is silly; proves you don’t understand it; doesn’t make me want to watch the video 🤷🏼♂️
Can you make a Cortizol Detox video? It might go viral.
Besides I'm really confused now. lol
lol
Can you eat food? That wasn't listed in permitted rules
Will dopamine "detox" be more or less beneficial on an adhd brain? The way I see it, it will enormously raise stress levels
How about to an anxious mind. One with anxiety disorder?
I don't think u understand what a dopamine detox is
kinda negates the whole premise of this video
Is this recommendable for people with concentration and mood regulation issues? I'm having a hard time concentrating on tasks and get really frustrated.
Yes definitely! It is hard at first but then you calm down and can see thinks more clearly!
I'm watching this at x1.5 whilst looking for the next thing to watch at x1.5
Hi, I have another point of view. We all know that our body has the property to adapt to the new environment, ok in general to adapt. When you start to do this "dopamine detox", our brain is getting used to the boring environment, and every boring stuff which was for us in past will be now very enjoyable. This is why most people which live poorly, in bad conditions, people which worked in a not comfortable zone, always get success, because they want more, despite their works are boring.
Man...I've been afraid to waste time, but doing nothing is actually good for you and therefore not wasted time at all. Cool.
Another excellent video! Thank you so much! :D
Don't believe this guy, please research.
Well, yeah, I took one week of dopamine detox, concentrated on work and study. Crushed and burned out. I think that if I had had some fun, I would have been able to carry on.
That's what I'm scared also. What if the boredom continues and I cry, and my anxious mind activates...
Maybe you should try, one day detox. Or every rest day.
Great video, thanks
Lovely video and I've been doing silence retreats since 17 yrs - now I know why i love them so much ! I now facilitate these retreats in Belgium but Belgians still need a bit more awareness raising on why this is so crucial for having a stable mental state as well as protecting our neuropsychological functioning (especially with all the hyper stimulation going on)
Many people and groups do versions of this. Jews, for example, who want to slow down and focus on family and nature do this from Friday night through Saturday night. It’s called Shabbat. It’s very helpful. Some are more observant than others. People who practice Shomer Shabbat use that time to go with electricity, phones, cars, any other technology. There are ways to have the electricity or gas work without the work required to put it on. But most of us don’t go to that extreme. It’s a time to refresh our brains, bodies, and “souls”, if you believe in that. We do enjoy music, homemade food and having sex with our partners. Why would you drop those? Are you crazy?! It’s about the family. I’m a secular Jewess but I’ve done it in the past to a degree and it’s helpful to take a pause during the week. All these practices can be halted during an emergency, of course. Life always comes before observance.
Highly underrated video. Should have WAY more views than it already has.
You could probably use pharmacological interventions to do this for real. Apomorphine comes to mind..
I took dopamine dextox and just quiting things you spend to much time on that youve done out of habit like watching youtube too much, and doing somthing you dont really want to do like reading a book youve put off reading or focusing on learning a new skill instead of binginge netflix
In my opinion, detox works but doing it for limited time won't help. To get real results you should own it like a lifestyle. But not like these versions(no social interaction, no food etc). It should be less extreme.
Looking at the title sequence, featuring Ted talk as a highlight. Not exactly a point of confidence
Soo I'm curious to know how you think dopamine fasting doesn't actually work? You havnt actually stated. From what I've learnt by reducing the amount of dopamine secreted into the brain we can upregulate/activate the dopamine receptors which have been deactivated due to constant stimulation and dopamine release. Therefore we have more active receptors to pick up released soon be making us more sensitive to it. So how is dopamine le els not improved from a detox? Please elaborate
He actually says that it DOES work, just not in the way that is implied by the name "detox". He recommends that you still do it, he just explains why the name detox is incorrect.
watch the video first
Hello there! I have a question, don't know If you gonna answer It but here we go: I have lupus and I used to take a lot of corticoids. What did they do to my brain and there's any way to reverse It or to lower my cortisol levels? Cheers from Brazil!
Corticoids are really bad. They should only be taken if all else fails, and only for short period of times. Cortisol attacks and kills brain cells, especially in the hippocampus. the hippocampus is important in memory (how is yours?) and neurogenesis (the creation of new brain cells).
So yes, you can lower cortisol levels. We have a course on stress management (cortisol is a stress hormone) and one on the stimulation of neurogenesis inside the Brain Academy. Check us out at www.brainacademy.com
Just reading a book helps?
There is one psychologist who talks about that how this doesnt work, and its all habbitual.
You are awesome 👏
Thank you... :)
Sorry to share your link on my post sir😂
The beat at the start of the video is lit
Jesus is the truth reach out
😂intro..... LMFAO!!🤣
I’m not doing a detox, I’m just going to work out and take cold showers
the intro def made me laugh XD. the "should we talk"? lol
Exactly
Excellent explanation. Thank you very much.
Interesting. Will do.
Very helpful video.
At least twice a year we get away to Christian conferences where we disconnect from phones and computers.
They're busy weekends but so refreshing!
Now this is quality content I'd like to watch and be inspired by. Thanks Gregory!
Lol im loving Boring now, i take more action for my goals.
Before i was dependent on Coffee and music, and had such BS thoughts, angry and happy all the time
I eat fruits and veggies now, some meat, the most clean that i can.
I left Gluten and Casein.
You can do it Guys!
The guy in the video is right Dopamine is just inside of us, we just will have it stimulated endogenously instead of exogenously.
Min 6:47 what movie is that?
Thanks for the humor (and the great content of course), you made my day!!!! :D
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1:52 i feel good dararararara
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What if I get bored with everything so fast? What's wrong with my dopamine
There could be all kind of causes, and obviously it's impossible to give a diagnosis on a TH-cam video comment ;). If I were your therapist, I would first check 1: Do you have addiction issues? 2: What's your job/life like and why did you choose for it? Not at all suggesting this applies to you, as we don't know each other. Go and see a local psychotherapist. They should be able to help.
Nice video!!
So instead it’s a
“Dopa-retreat”?
amazing
I clicked on this video specifically because I wanted an actual scientific examination of this fad instead of some dude who claims it’ll change my life, and your video was exactly what I was looking for. Thank you and nice job!
Thanks!
@@BrainAcademy1 Hi! Greetings from India!
Great video! Thanks for the scientific perspective, and a very balanced one...
But what about the dopamine tolerance level? Isn't that essentially what we're trying to bring under control when dopamine-fasting?
Cuz what I've understood about dopamine fasting is that when we're bombarded with dopamine all the time, we develop a tolerance to it, and become incapable of doing any activity that offers a level of dopamine lower than what we've gotten used to, activities that offer no instant reward but that are extremely important for a better life, such as those required to achieve long term goals. And from my experience, you also begin to find great joy in simple things like trees swaying in the breeze or a beautiful sky, when you haven't been doing too many dopamine inducing activities...
So, is there any scientific truth to dopamine tolerance?
Really enjoyed the video, thank you
Great video. Thank you sir.
Wow, this video is amazing, thank you for such quality information and clear way to share it 🙂 greetings from Brazil!
Wtf why u use clips 😠😠😠
This perfectly makes sense. Thank you for the great information.
Sleeping is the best meditation. The best pause.
Do you mean in terms of you should get more sleep or that meditation in itself is sleep? very curious
@@liamfoo09 thank you for your question. I mean people try to meditate in order to be more calm and conscious and to relax the mind. In my opinion sleep is a form of meditation as the mind is in reset mode and organizes itself and processes experiences from the subconscious which results in a more clear and conscious mind. Sleep is an excellent healer and I believe that there is no practice as healthy for the mind as deep sleep.
@@liamfoo09 for deep sleep it is very helpful to limit or better stay away from caffeine, nicotine and alcohol. you will feel a huge difference in the quality of your sleep. You will be so much calmer and have so much more energy.
@@liamfoo09 and also almost every time I tried to meditate I fell asleep so maybe my body was telling me something ;)
@@steviedee3140 Thanks for replying :) - I'm a big believer in meditation, and I'm just sort of diving into to the benefits of great sleep. Do you take any supplements/fruits/drinks that help you get into a deep sleep, rather than rolling about your bed for an hour (one of my problems)
Just join a monastery.
can i get sleep while having my dopamine detox?
Check out Andrew Kirby's videos on the subject. They're more informative than this ego trip of a video. And he tells you how to do it in progression
No one said dopamine is bad...what is this video about? No one said the detox is effecting levels in your brain 🤦🏾♂️
Actually, the way dopamine works, it is the source of our addictions. It's involved in things like drugs, gambling, alcohol and so on... Too much dopamine in our system isn't good. But unless we are in a state of addiction, a 'dopamine detox' won't affect our dopamine levels.
@@BrainAcademy1 I literally just said that. As I said I think you just want to correct people and sound smart sir. And for absolutely no reason. No one said the detox effects dopamine levels.
@@GnosticChild Do you understand the definition of "detox"? The implication that it reduces dopamine is right there in the name "dopamine detox", no one has to "say" it. It's literally the definition of the name.
@@turbo2ltr Do you know the difference between denotative and connotation meaning. No one is trying to give a vocabulary lesson when talking about the Dopamine DETOX. It's just whatever the creator chose to name it. It's not that big of a deal. Calm down. Drink water
@@GnosticChild No I don't know the difference. Do you feel better about yourself now? lol. I think you just want to correct people and sound smart.
Well Done, I'm interested in the matter of god, and if dopamine's could help for excited to met him, could that stimulates the brain to try to connect with outer ..
have you ever had a lecture about God and your view about that?
Sorry. The video has too many ads. I won't keep watching
Yeah, I know... The other option is to leave all this information inside a paid membership site, which I also did. You can access all these videos inside the Brain Academy, without ads.
Did you listen to why there are now ads? Give the guy a break...
@@Theresa64524 he's in the right of placing ads, I'm in the right of not watching the videos, and you're in the right getting mad at random people on the internet ✌️
It affects your dopamine receptors, not your dopamine. Your receptors become more sensitive.