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Dr. Alok Kanojia

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
1653 total appearances

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Dhru Purohit Show
Why You Need a Dopamine Detox: The Science Based Way to Master Self Control & Break Addiction Patterns with Dr. Alok Kanojia

I started saying, OK, this is who I am. I I'm a loser. And like, that's me. And that's OK. That's huge. Right. It doesn't mean that I give into it. So what it means is that I accept that I am a flawed human being and I'm going to do whatever I can to move forward. So I think really getting to that root, because I work with a lot of people.

Dhru Purohit Show
Why You Need a Dopamine Detox: The Science Based Way to Master Self Control & Break Addiction Patterns with Dr. Alok Kanojia

I started saying, OK, this is who I am. I I'm a loser. And like, that's me. And that's OK. That's huge. Right. It doesn't mean that I give into it. So what it means is that I accept that I am a flawed human being and I'm going to do whatever I can to move forward. So I think really getting to that root, because I work with a lot of people.

Dhru Purohit Show
Why You Need a Dopamine Detox: The Science Based Way to Master Self Control & Break Addiction Patterns with Dr. Alok Kanojia

I started saying, OK, this is who I am. I I'm a loser. And like, that's me. And that's OK. That's huge. Right. It doesn't mean that I give into it. So what it means is that I accept that I am a flawed human being and I'm going to do whatever I can to move forward. So I think really getting to that root, because I work with a lot of people.

Dhru Purohit Show
Why You Need a Dopamine Detox: The Science Based Way to Master Self Control & Break Addiction Patterns with Dr. Alok Kanojia

I work with some people who are like degenerate gamers who are 26 years old, don't have a job, don't accomplish anything. And I also work with people who are billionaires who have accomplished a lot and they're still unhappy. And so really think about, by all means, improve your life. I'm not saying don't improve your life. But what is the psychological need that you're trying to fulfill?

Dhru Purohit Show
Why You Need a Dopamine Detox: The Science Based Way to Master Self Control & Break Addiction Patterns with Dr. Alok Kanojia

I work with some people who are like degenerate gamers who are 26 years old, don't have a job, don't accomplish anything. And I also work with people who are billionaires who have accomplished a lot and they're still unhappy. And so really think about, by all means, improve your life. I'm not saying don't improve your life. But what is the psychological need that you're trying to fulfill?

Dhru Purohit Show
Why You Need a Dopamine Detox: The Science Based Way to Master Self Control & Break Addiction Patterns with Dr. Alok Kanojia

I work with some people who are like degenerate gamers who are 26 years old, don't have a job, don't accomplish anything. And I also work with people who are billionaires who have accomplished a lot and they're still unhappy. And so really think about, by all means, improve your life. I'm not saying don't improve your life. But what is the psychological need that you're trying to fulfill?

Dhru Purohit Show
Why You Need a Dopamine Detox: The Science Based Way to Master Self Control & Break Addiction Patterns with Dr. Alok Kanojia

And really get in touch with that. Because you may not need to do all of that stuff to fix that. You can come to peace with that. You can accept that. And you can be pretty chill here and now. You don't have to solve every problem in your life to be happy. That's great advice.

Dhru Purohit Show
Why You Need a Dopamine Detox: The Science Based Way to Master Self Control & Break Addiction Patterns with Dr. Alok Kanojia

And really get in touch with that. Because you may not need to do all of that stuff to fix that. You can come to peace with that. You can accept that. And you can be pretty chill here and now. You don't have to solve every problem in your life to be happy. That's great advice.

Dhru Purohit Show
Why You Need a Dopamine Detox: The Science Based Way to Master Self Control & Break Addiction Patterns with Dr. Alok Kanojia

And really get in touch with that. Because you may not need to do all of that stuff to fix that. You can come to peace with that. You can accept that. And you can be pretty chill here and now. You don't have to solve every problem in your life to be happy. That's great advice.

Dhru Purohit Show
Why You Need a Dopamine Detox: The Science Based Way to Master Self Control & Break Addiction Patterns with Dr. Alok Kanojia

Yeah. So I think you mentioned that there are a lot of, you know, women in your audience. So like a couple of things. One is like, I wrote a book on parenting and I know it's kind of weird, but like how to raise a healthy gamer is the book. And it's a book about like how parents can understand screen time and screen addiction and how to prevent it in your kids.

Dhru Purohit Show
Why You Need a Dopamine Detox: The Science Based Way to Master Self Control & Break Addiction Patterns with Dr. Alok Kanojia

Yeah. So I think you mentioned that there are a lot of, you know, women in your audience. So like a couple of things. One is like, I wrote a book on parenting and I know it's kind of weird, but like how to raise a healthy gamer is the book. And it's a book about like how parents can understand screen time and screen addiction and how to prevent it in your kids.

Dhru Purohit Show
Why You Need a Dopamine Detox: The Science Based Way to Master Self Control & Break Addiction Patterns with Dr. Alok Kanojia

Yeah. So I think you mentioned that there are a lot of, you know, women in your audience. So like a couple of things. One is like, I wrote a book on parenting and I know it's kind of weird, but like how to raise a healthy gamer is the book. And it's a book about like how parents can understand screen time and screen addiction and how to prevent it in your kids.

Dhru Purohit Show
Why You Need a Dopamine Detox: The Science Based Way to Master Self Control & Break Addiction Patterns with Dr. Alok Kanojia

So that's one thing that if there are parents in the audience that are struggling with like having kids, which I know is like a problem that I'm dealing with, like I have a seven year old and nine year old. So that's one resource. And second is just check out our YouTube channel. So I know we're healthy gamer and that's how we started five years ago.

Dhru Purohit Show
Why You Need a Dopamine Detox: The Science Based Way to Master Self Control & Break Addiction Patterns with Dr. Alok Kanojia

So that's one thing that if there are parents in the audience that are struggling with like having kids, which I know is like a problem that I'm dealing with, like I have a seven year old and nine year old. So that's one resource. And second is just check out our YouTube channel. So I know we're healthy gamer and that's how we started five years ago.

Dhru Purohit Show
Why You Need a Dopamine Detox: The Science Based Way to Master Self Control & Break Addiction Patterns with Dr. Alok Kanojia

So that's one thing that if there are parents in the audience that are struggling with like having kids, which I know is like a problem that I'm dealing with, like I have a seven year old and nine year old. So that's one resource. And second is just check out our YouTube channel. So I know we're healthy gamer and that's how we started five years ago.

Dhru Purohit Show
Why You Need a Dopamine Detox: The Science Based Way to Master Self Control & Break Addiction Patterns with Dr. Alok Kanojia

But I would say that, you know, less than 10 percent of our content is about video game addiction now. It's just really mental health for the digital generation. We had an amazing video recently on female bullying, which I think is like one of these things that is like under discussed.

Dhru Purohit Show
Why You Need a Dopamine Detox: The Science Based Way to Master Self Control & Break Addiction Patterns with Dr. Alok Kanojia

But I would say that, you know, less than 10 percent of our content is about video game addiction now. It's just really mental health for the digital generation. We had an amazing video recently on female bullying, which I think is like one of these things that is like under discussed.

Dhru Purohit Show
Why You Need a Dopamine Detox: The Science Based Way to Master Self Control & Break Addiction Patterns with Dr. Alok Kanojia

But I would say that, you know, less than 10 percent of our content is about video game addiction now. It's just really mental health for the digital generation. We had an amazing video recently on female bullying, which I think is like one of these things that is like under discussed.

Dhru Purohit Show
Why You Need a Dopamine Detox: The Science Based Way to Master Self Control & Break Addiction Patterns with Dr. Alok Kanojia

So there's a lot of like passive aggressiveness and a lot of nastiness with especially women bullying other women. So we cover all kinds of different topics just around mental health, motivation, understanding the neuroscience, understanding the spirituality. So check out our YouTube channel, which is Healthy Gamer GG. Amazing.

Dhru Purohit Show
Why You Need a Dopamine Detox: The Science Based Way to Master Self Control & Break Addiction Patterns with Dr. Alok Kanojia

So there's a lot of like passive aggressiveness and a lot of nastiness with especially women bullying other women. So we cover all kinds of different topics just around mental health, motivation, understanding the neuroscience, understanding the spirituality. So check out our YouTube channel, which is Healthy Gamer GG. Amazing.