Addiction, Trauma, Porn, Dopamine Detox | Anna Lembke
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TIMESTAMPS AND SPONSORS:
– This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at https://betterhelp.com/TOE and get on your way to being your best self.
TIMESTAMPS:
– 00:00:00 Introduction
– 00:02:40 Anna Lembke's experience with addiction
– 00:10:46 Dopamine-seeking behavior vs coping mechanism
– 00:12:35 The paradox of pain relief
– 00:24:21 The self-perpetuating cycle of addiction
– 00:24:00 Neuroadaptation
– 00:29:23 The power of abstinence
– 00:34:04 Life as an experiment
– 00:37:15 Dopamine reward and misconceptions of the "present moment"
– 00:41:06 Freud, Jung, and mindfulness
– 00:45:35 East vs West in mental health
– 00:51:15 Importance of self-talk and bedside manner
– 00:56:00 Attachment styles in trauma (and intergenerational trauma)
– 01:01:00 Power of stories and a Higher Power in addiction recovery
– 01:07:42 Radical honesty / truth-telling
– 01:12:02 The relevance of free will
– 01:23:26 Love as a catalyst for tough decisions
– 01:31:02 – A digital Sabbath (and Curt's coffee abnegation)
– 01:42:12 Methadone for severe opioid use disorder
– 01:51:00 The language of addiction, stigmatization, and identity
– 01:57:32 Rat Park experiments (society's role in addiction)
– 02:08:16 Writing as a therapeutic tool
– 02:14:12 The necessity of a Higher Power
Good stuff Curt, theories of everything can certainly cover everything
Curt!! Curt!! Curt!! Curt!!
If your reading this please have Thad Roberts as a guest this year!
She's my new Analemma☀
And I dearly hope her husband will learn more power of story and become Anna's ongoing romance novel! Alexey Welsh is a wonderful source of essential guidance too…
Hi there – there has been a series of exposes written about how BetterHelp is actually not well suited for therapy and is leaving people high and dry. I recommend you find another company to get as a sponsor or risk your integrity 🙏🏼
My addiction is immersive, intellectual YouTube videos, especially with articulate and fascinating guests.
I think its a shame psychedelics weren’t really addressed (LSD even being used as an example for drug addiction while it’s also been used to treat this).
I think because of her heavy involvement in this field her insights would’ve been well received by the pro-psychedelics community (whether or not she supports it).
Great episode as always Curt, keep up the amazing work!!
Keep it up Curt
Bet shes on sally from the gov ..dont have to care shit whar she say .nad singler as well no man can live thast sort of a lady
waooo that old lady telling me a cant wank of…that was the best ever
Don't tell me what to do. You're not my real dad.
This podcast is almost half as long as her book. Haha.
I purchased the book btw.
Repackaged (completely debunked and not evidence based in the slightest) 12 step approach with slapdash "neuroscience" sprinkled in for "legitimacy." What a radical approach….Also interesting that she casually mentions some (not identified bc it doesn't exist) "addiction gene" as though this is some obviously established empirical fact (it isn't, it doesn't exist). Look into Stanton Peele if you're interested in actually evidence based approaches.
Notice how she "explains" everything behaviorally, but the reasoning behind all of it is framed in terms of "neuroscience." This is the result of the need to concretize the cause of something that is not clinically possible to define (which is why addiction is no longer included in the DSM-5, because doctors, psychologists, and addiction treatment approaches all define the terms so differently that it isn't clinically meaningful, it's an abstraction), so if she's asked "why" a behavior happens, it's because of the "neuroscience," but why does the "neurochemistry" change? Oh that's because of the behavior. Which is not the same as claiming that the two simply interact. In order for her position to seem coherent they have to be each other's cause because for her addiction is a spiritual malady (as AA defines it), hence the "need" for a higher power. If you're wondering why this is a problem, ask yourself what you would think if you went to a doctor or psychologist for any other problem and they told you to find a higher power. You would probably report them to their respective disciplinary boards for quackery. As well you should.
If anyone's interested in the myriad problems of 12 step approaches like AA or NA, please look into the documentary the 13th Step for stories of widespread sexual exploitation within AA, The book The US of AA about how AA was installed into the courts and the medical system through strongarm tactics and political maneuvering, the book The Sober Truth about how 12 step approaches utterly fail in empirical studies of their efficacy, and the website The Orange Papers for an extensive debunking of the logic of 12 step approaches and historical context for the nefarious origins of the precursor to AA. There are approaches that actually work, 12 step isn't one of them.
Working at home for the last 2 years with constant access to my phone and computer seems to have pushed me over the edge in terms of dopamine chasing. I can barely go 30 seconds without feeling like I have to check my phone or look at something on my computer, even if I'm in the middle of a fascinating podcast like this or a work meeting.
I remember when I was in university I used to be able to sit during the 4-hour bus ride to school each semester and just be with my thoughts for the entire time, almost in a meditative state. Now I couldn't imagine doing that.
I really think access to devices 24 hours a day exacerbates these problems immensely and practicing quieting your mind through meditation or some other similar is important. We need to practice being bored and being okay with it
It's really weird seeing this and then taking a step back and thinking about myself and my life. So many things hit the nail on the head….and I guess I never saw any of my individual 'issues' as actual issues. All those different pieces of me and my experience kind of snapped into place hearing her speak. Might just be time for some radical changes in my life.
Thanks!
This is well beyond the Title, and I'm still blown away by it! — By far one of the best TOE episodes I've listened to. Well done 👍
I thought I was listening to Lisa from mobiletechreview for a minute there ha.
Amazing video, ironically I feel like my addiction is youtube which makes this being so helpful very conflicting.
When i have stopped smoking, beer, sugar, coffee, social media and TV then I might consider stopping with porn!! It’s still supperior to real relationships!
Man this really came out at the perfect time for me. Im on week 3 of cutting weed after so many years. Thank you Curt!
it's also incredibly harmful for the creators. I know there's always the argument that such-and-such an actress really dose it because she loves it, but in general the industry is highly exploitative and damaging to those within it. I also kinda worry that the trends you see with violence in porn really normalises sexual violence IRL, especially for those consuming it at an age where they're highly impressionable. I think we know this. We know what we're viewing is bad news. Kudos to anyone here who recognises it's an issue and wants to stop. It's really a much better life without it. <3