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Dopamine nation : finding balance in the age of indulgence

Lembke, Anna 1967- (author.).

Summary: "This book is about pleasure. It's also about pain. Most important, it's about how to find the delicate balance between the two, and why now more than ever finding balance is essential."--

Record details

  • ISBN: 152474672X
  • ISBN: 9781524746728
  • ISBN: 1524746746
  • ISBN: 9781524746742
  • Physical Description: print
    291 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: [New York, New York] : Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2021]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-273) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction: The problem -- The pursuit of pleasure. Our masturbation machines ; Running from pain ; The pleasure-pain balance -- Self-binding. Dopamine fasting ; Science, time, and meaning ; A broken balance? -- The pursuit of pain. Pressing on the pain side ; Radical honesty ; Prosocial shame -- Conclusion: Lessons of the balance.
Subject:
Pleasure
Pain
Compulsive behavior
Internet Social aspects
Substance abuse
Dopamine
Pleasure principle (Psychology)
Genre:
8 -- Self-help publications.

Available copies

  • 14 of 25 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 2 copies available at Onslow County Public Library.

Holds

  • 5 current holds with 25 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Jacksonville Main Library 152.42 LEM (Text) 36015000755039 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Sneads Ferry Branch Library 152.42 LEM (Text) 36015000755096 Adult Nonfiction Checked out 08/17/2026

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