A review by katetipp
Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence by Anna Lembke

3.0

Ok this book has SO much potential but ended up disappointing for me. Highlights are the discussion around our general relationship with dopamine and how the pain and pleasure centered are connected. Understanding the updates in neurobiological research and how we all seek dopamine hits in big and small ways is fascinating. The author is a psychiatrist and she discusses doing psychotherapy with patients and her tone was off putting (judgmental) to me. She also chose vignettes that have a "shock factor" and followed them throughout the book, which I think distracted from her main points & message.