The Blended Science Podcast

Dopamine fasting with Khwezi (PhD candidate) and Dr Nkazi Mkhwanazi

Nkazi Mkhwanazi, PhD.

This episode is about "Dopamine fasting". At the same time, this concept may not be widely accepted in the scientific community; we think about how useful it is to abstain from our "drugs of choice". We trust this motivates you to control your life and think about prioritising your goals. "Drug of choice" refers to anything that we can potentially be addicted to e.g. social media, gaming etc. 

00:00 Introduction

00:44 Guest Introduction

01:16 Dopamine Nation (Dopamine Fasting)

03:25 Insight

03:50 D.O.P.A.M.I.N.E used as an acronym

04:35 D. Gathering Data

07:03 O. Objectives-How does your drug of choice help you?

11:11 P. Problems – that comes with addiction

14:00 Pain and pleasure balance

18:35 A. Abstaining from the drug of choice

21:15 M. Mindfulness

22:08 I. Insight

23:30. Dopamine fasting critiques

25:36 N. Next step [what to do after the fasting]

27:18 E. Experimenting

29:35 Support groups and truth-telling

30:40 How to get the book if you are a South African

31:42 Gratitude

32:47 Outro

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