Status Updates From Dopamine Nation: Why our Ad...

BTM als systemische Unterdrückung, weil Teile der Bevölkerung damit dazu gebracht werden, eigentlich unhaltbare Zustände auszuhalten? Dürfen wir nicht cranky, anxious, slightly depressed und critical sein?

She also links the rise of anxiety disorder, pain disorders, and depression to our inability to deal with pain and our constant distracting from ourselves. “The reason why we are so miserable might be because we’re working so hard not to be miserable.” But no evidence for that statement? This is such a complex question with so many potential (systemic) causes …

She’s often horrified and has to brace herself for what patients are telling her. I feel like she has a very strong opinion of what a good life has to look like and enforces that on her patients. The way she narrates them is also kinda infantilising. And is it such a bad thing to indulge in pleasures once in a while that are not healthy and don’t fit into everyday routines? Not everything is addiction …