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Selects: How Dopamine Works

There's also this psychiatrist named Dr. Cameron, S-E-P-A-H, I guess, SEPA?

Stuff You Should Know
Selects: How Dopamine Works

Is that how you'd say it?

Stuff You Should Know
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Okay, one of those three.

Stuff You Should Know
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Who came out and said, all right, Dr.

Stuff You Should Know
Selects: How Dopamine Works

There's this term that I'm going to float out there, and it's called a dopamine fast.

Stuff You Should Know
Selects: How Dopamine Works

And the idea when that was floated was people heard that and they said, oh, well, dopamine just means โ€“ it's just a catch-all term basically for โ€“

Stuff You Should Know
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for any sort of addictive behavior, like reinforcement.

Stuff You Should Know
Selects: How Dopamine Works

And you can go on a dopamine fast and like, you know, put that social media app down for a couple of weeks.

Stuff You Should Know
Selects: How Dopamine Works

And when you come back, it's just going to like your brain's going to have a little rest from that thing.

Stuff You Should Know
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And you're going to feel amazing about how much you love it when you come back.

Stuff You Should Know
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And that's not at all what Dr. Cameron was talking about or meant.

Stuff You Should Know
Selects: How Dopamine Works

Yeah, I think the idea that he was talking about was, hey,

Stuff You Should Know
Selects: How Dopamine Works

Put that stuff down and go do other things that you find pleasure in.

Stuff You Should Know
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Live in the world or go out in nature or, you know, kind of get a hold of your life again so you don't feel like you're, you know, tied to this social media app for your happiness.

Stuff You Should Know
Selects: How Dopamine Works

Thanks a lot.