When you’ve been on UKposts for so long that the algorithm gives you ways to do other things.

As much as I hate to admit, social media is destroying our lives

At the beginning of the year I started going for 30-40 minute walks every morning in the nearby forest and fields. Have kept it up mostly throughout the year. It is absolutely fantastic - I get plenty of light, I get exercise, I kickstart my metabolism, it wakes me up, and I feel like I have a more consistent energy throughout the day. It has reduced post-lunch slumps massively. It's like a biohack for modern life.

This video really opened my eyes to my dopamine addiction. In the morning, I’ve been doing activities that give me a high dopamine release not realizing why I’m so unmotivated to be productive later in the day. Now I know the significance of working towards a pleasure at the end of the day. Thank you

I’ve been on UKposts for so long that it’s recommending to me ways to get off of the site

Ah, so that explains why I loved reading as a kid but find it harder and harder to read books as an adult.

Actually, bundling a high dopamine activity with a low dopamine one isn't very good. When you do this, you start losing they joy you got by doing the low dopamine activity. This was the conclusion of a study where they took kids who liked to draw, and when they started giving rewards to the kids after each drawing, the enjoyment of the activity started to decrease. The key is to try to enjoy the low dopamine activity, by thinking the effort is the good part of it, not the reward you're receiving afterwards, that way the activity itself will start releasing more dopamine. Learned from Huberman Lab podcast

The rat experiment at 2:20 is also a good parallel for folks with ADHD. People with ADHD, aren't able to regulate the dopamine in their receptors, so we either have an excess of them (Hyperactive) or a lack of them (Innattentive). I lean more on Innattentive, the lack in ability to produce Dopamine crushes any form of motivating you have. This is due to there being a lack of a "reward" feeling and everything feels one note. For example, the death of my friend felt the same as a wedding I attended, me graduating college, me getting my first girlfriend, me getting that job I wanted, and the same as waking up in the day and staring in the mirror; Everything feels the same. This also explains why a good portion of those with ADHD suffer from depression as well; And it can be mistaken for laziness or unintelligence. Granted, we do have our highs and our lows, but in my experience life just feels the same. It bothers me when people pretend to have ADHD to be "quirky" and "oh squirrel!" but in reality it's extremely debilitating. Imagine having dreams and goals and the desire to want to actually do something in your life, and your body actively and physically prevents you from doing it. I have mad respects for those who made it far with ADHD because it's genuinely a struggle to wake up day to day and find a excuse to continue going; Having ADHD for 6 atleast months will teach you that it really aint a wonder why Depression and suicide are closely tied to adults with ADHD.

“The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.” - Socrates.

Me: tries to trick my brain My brain: *I know what you're doing*

I loved the video. I am starting my dopamine detox to start studying for a huge test that will change my life. Good luck to everyone changing their lives and thank you for the video!

I have watched this video twice & I love it! Thank you for your perspective & sharing! I’m looking forward to injecting the right type of dopamine into my life! 🤩👍

"no phone, no computer" bye bye online classes, i need a detox

Fun fact: Even forcing myself to watch this video to completion, as opposed to funner content, was difficult. Which I think is part of your point.

00:07 🕹 Preference for easy over hard tasks; understanding motivation for tackling difficult tasks. 01:28 🐀 Dopamine's role in desire and motivation; rat experiments showing extreme dopamine effects. 03:22 🧠 Dopamine's impact on behavior; prioritizing activities based on expected dopamine release. 06:09 🎮 Dopamine tolerance; preference for high dopamine activities like video games over low dopamine tasks. 07:34 🛑 Need for a dopamine detox; abstaining from high dopamine activities to reset tolerance. 08:58 🌴 Dopamine detox process; embracing boredom, letting dopamine receptors recover. 10:24 🔄 Balancing dopamine behaviors; using high dopamine activities as rewards for completing challenging tasks. 12:42 🧠 Controlling dopamine intake; limiting high dopamine behavior, finding excitement in low dopamine tasks.

Great video! It's enlightening how dopamine works and shapes our behavior. I love how you tied everything together in the end, turning dopamine from a villain to an ally. It’s not about removing dopamine from our lives, but rather choosing where we get our dopamine from.

I realized that ive started to always scroll down the comments section while the video is still playing. It's my brain searching for more dopamine than the video on its own can provide Edit: thanks for all the dopamine 😁

This guy: dont use your phone or internet Me: *doesn't attend online classes*

Just commenting to boost this video in the algorithm. Thank you for all the value you’ve given out

I have watched hundreds of videos about dopamine detox and how the brain works to make myself to love studying like I did before And by far this one is The Best video I have ever watched about it THANKS❤❤❤

Me: sees a video on how to trick my brain into doing study My brain: so this is what ur planning

People should be learning this at school. These are critical times!!

I saw it coming: Stop doing the things that make you feel good. As soon as the detox regimen was outlined, I thought to myself, yeah, this makes sense, and man will this be hard. But a few seconds later I actually envisioned in my mind a day without all of those things. Like I ACTIVELY thought about living through a day like that. And something cool happened. For a moment, I felt like there were tears coming, because the absence of those addictions I take for granted translated to a sort of freedom. Maybe one day I will try this.

That's actually a really good idea (the dopamine detox thing), lately I've gotten so addicted to the dopamine that watching youtube shorts and eating a lot gives me that hard things like studying, cleaning my room, or working out just feel like torture to me, but doing this for just a day a week or maybe even for the weekend, since I don’t really do much anyway, doesn't seem so hard. Wow, this is the first time a video like this has actually given me good advice instead of something so unhelpful like "oh you're unmotivated? Just do it bro, come on", so if this actually helps, thank you, truly.

Almost didn’t watch this video because my brain went “informative, learning, boring” no dopamine. But logically knew it’s something I needed to watch.

One of my favorite quotes from Bojack Horseman Series: "It gets easier. Every day it gets a little easier. But you got to do it every day. That's the hard part. But it does get easier."

Bro this is the most powerful video of dopamine I have ever seen. Thanks you for your time and for your work done here! Aprecciate it 🙏🏼❤

MY SISTER SENT ME THIS AND IT JUST BLEW MY BRAIN!!! I actually did some of these things with ny addictions before. During the summer I would have 'screen free' days or I would turn off my notifications. But I always did it very slopilly because I didn't 100% understand what I was doing. Your video REALLY helped me to understand! Thank you! Really! Thank you SO MUCH! You actually helped me in a way i never expected! Hope everyone has a great day!

when they said “the rats lost all will to live” i felt that

The worst thing is that I saved this video to watch later.

It's funny because i find these types of videos to watch and for the first time I watch the video till the end like this one and got a somewhat good understanding of dopamine and eliminating the unnecessary dopamine factors. Thanks for the video👍🏽

I hate video games and social media, It has absolutely ruined my life, I want to go live life.

"For one whole day you will try to have as little fun as possible". Sounds fun, I'm in.

Imagine if everyone abstained from the internet for a year so many celebrities would practically be useless.

I found your video in 2024 and I really have problems with dopamine addiction. thank you for wonderful video. its help me alot.

I actually thought I had this figured out when I was 20. I viewed calculus, philosophy, and theoretical chemistry as portals to an altered reality because of their conceptual fluidity. I had tireless stamina for these pursuits. I did well in school and at work because of this, but found the recurrent themes of daily life both boring AND anxiety provoking. SO, I did drugs to get through THAT. That was where I went wrong. Had I approached it all the way our presenter suggested, I might have saved myself a hellish journey with addiction.

"For a dopamine detox day, do something that is not fun" Looks at my copy of Fallout 76

All I can say is Thank You So Much. I was looking for some Digital Detox tips before going to sleep and someone recommended this video on Reddit and I was like "Nah, I'll catch it tomorrow", but I couldn't stop feeling the NEED of watching it right now, now I see why. I can truly understand some things happening to me right now after watching this. God Bless you! Let's get to work now.

I love this! It is definitely facts that I know, but it feels more doable when put in simpler words like how you have. Thank you for this video! 🤗🤗

This video in a summary: Get soo bored that doing boring stuff seems fun

This is what actually people need to see rather than those scary motivational videos

this is happening with me for more than a year but today I tried to searched about how to be self-disciplined and since now I know the symptoms very well, this video makes sense. Thank you.

The best analysis and solution I've heard yet. Thank you so much.

Only in the 21st century does sitting quietly seem like a radical act.

I can’t even trick my brain to watch this video for 14 mins

wooow I already know this is going to work so well for me! Im a huge dopamine addict, phone, internet, games, and even weed. I used to love reading books and organizing my home and now i cant do it. I am going to detox today! I need my life back. Thank you!

That video blowed my mind! 🤯 I was doing something that I nicknamed of "Dopamine Explosion". It was some of tasks that I use to do every night together, like: - Smoke Weed (Bong) - Play Guitar for at least 2 hours - Smoke Weed (Bong) - Play Psychedelic Video Games - Listen to upbeat rock music - Smoke Weed (Bong) - Masturbate after win the game - Watch chonen anime. (One Piece) But I only do these things together when I smoke weed. One day, the weed has ended, and I felt a kinda sad, but I didn't cared too much. On the next day, I slept almost 19 hours and still felt tired. Maybe my body has recharged to do normal things again. Now that I know, I'm gonna make a day or two Days of Detox. Thanks for the tip! 🙏

"dopamine detox is basically making yourself so bored that doing boring things is more pleasurable." life is truly a bitch

This video caught my attention since I procrastinate a lot. Gonna put it on watch later

This came at such a right time! I am currently unemployed, struggling with playing mobile games, scrolling instagram vs preparing for interviews, gym, and this motivated me to chose the latter strongly. ❤

I appreciate the effort you put into creating content for us viewers. You're doing a great job!

I am literally procrastinating on videos about how to stop procrastinating

I never thought a day would ever come when I say this But I'm at a point where watching a movie is Low Dopamine Activity

I can't thank you enough. This video has been exceptionally helpful. Really appreciate all the effort,; you are helping.

This is very true, I remeber when I started reading books. They got me so hooked I stopped using phone and internet. Later I found myself enjoying reading outside, walking and enjoying low dopamine activities. Sadly I'm back in the pit hole but I can't wait to try your system out :))

The “detox day” is like going to grandmas house as a kid haha

This video actually helped me realize how far I've gone with dopamine, knowing that I find sleep boring lol

Probably the most valuable vid in the UKposts.

-i go to the gym 4x a week and work on my business every day -the only time i play videogames is after a long day of working all day -when i play videogames a lot of times i will be working in between since i have the games on the computer and my work is on the computer since i work from home -also when i play videogames it makes me recharge and stop playing videogames and go back to working -i enjoy working, and can definitely say it gives me more dopamine than anything else -i stopped playing videogames for one week to soley focus on work, and found i am happier working and will return to videogames whenever i want because it will always be there - i am motivated to reach my goals and do the work, doing hard things, even when i dont feel like it, but i do it because I know it will benefit me

Video: "How to trick your brain to like doing hard things." Me: "Ehh, sounds too difficult."

"if u want radical results, u need to take radical action" This hit me hard

Great logic and included responsible comments about addiction... a decade of opiates even after 5 yrs sober has forced me to readjust... I walk in somewhat uncomfortable circumstances then cold shower... then I feel happy about simple things again... very humbling

Sounds like a cool strategy. I will try to do a tougher version of this. Every saturday only work, as ive already been doing that, but no excess dopamine stuff and boredom instead. I want to do work as an artist, and i think that may have been my biggest issue so far. I dont have motivation and forcing doesnt end well. Thanks for the advice

I did this today. I cleaned my entire house (which was a wreck), did my laundry, washed my bedding and made my bed, took vitamins, went grocery shopping, called my mom, remembered that I hurt a friend of mine and apologized to him, brushed my teeth after every meal, cooked and cleaned up after each meal, worked out, signed up for a new gym, set a meeting with my guidance counselor, went job hunting, made my wife dinner and cleaned up after it when we were done eating. All of this and I don’t feel like I’ve worked at all today. I had no idea how much energy and attention that technology was sucking from my life until today. Words really can’t explain how I feel right now.

During my dopamine detox, I woke up on day 4, I was in bed and felt incredibly bored. I grabbed my phone and couldn't do anything on it (I uninstalled social media apps). I was so bored that I grabbed a book and read it. It surprised me, and I enjoyed it, even though I've always hated reading. It's crazy what boredom can do to you.

Thank you so much for this, this is what I needed badly,...... I can't describe how badly I wanted this....I am gonna start this tomorrow onwards and work on myself...thank you friend ❤

This was EXTREMELY insightful! Thank you so much! Among other things, this is going to be my last you tube video for awhile. I appreciate you more than you can know.

I do dopamine detox every day from 9 to 5. I call it "a job".

It's about instant reward VS long term. Humans are mostly motivated by instant gratification.

That was a useful insight. Thanks!

Great video. And I liked how you asked that we "gently tap the like button" rather than the more violent verbs that other youtubers' use for that same request.

Have been clean for 1 minute now, pray for me.

U know when the whole situation is bad where even UKposts is like get some help.

Bro you are 100% right. Hope so we all get better

I think this video is EXTREMELY important for 99%of people. I suffer from very very low motivation, i need to try your tips. Thank You.

Don't let your brain search more Dopamine. Don't scroll down through the comments.

This explains why checking the internet first thing in the day ruins my day

This is best of the best video for the great of people suffering by different types of addiction. Thanks so much. So great. So useful for my life

Needed this, thank you!

Makes a lot of sense, I use to be able to read through entire books in a day, once I got my phone and tablet I can barely get through a few chapters

This explain why I can no longer finish a book to save my life.

This is a fantastic video and one of the most beneficial ones I have ever seen on UKposts. It’s a must watch for everyone. Seriously. You don’t realise why you have laziness in your life around certain things and this video explains everything perfectly. Not only the issue but also how to cure your problem. Seriously exceptional video. Please watch and share with your family, friends and colleagues. Well done for a truly amazing upload.

ufff man, thanks! i've been looking for this answer for a while because i AM a dopamine addict, but in the society I live in, I am ALSO successful and happy and... Thanks again!

This video made me think of a quote I've always loved from Don Quixote: "Hunger is the best sauce in the world."

Everyone: smash the like button Better than yesterday: gently press the like button

WOW! Thank you for this. I really needed this information and strategy to improve my focus and complete tasks more efficiently.

One of my favorite quotes from Bojack Horseman Series: "It gets easier. Every day it gets a little easier. But you got to do it every day. That's the hard part. But it does get easier." Same with universities. It’s not that you have to do the hardest things in your life but since you have to do it every day makes it so hard. Not talking about commitments and interactions between people.

So now I can confidently tell people, "I'm not lazy, I'm just high on dopamine"

I feel as if I accidentally walked into a doctor's office without saying a word, when he begins explain to me my problem with all its symptoms and then proscribed the right medication. I'm glad I stumbled across this video!!!👍

Thanks dude for making this useful and wonderful video.we all appreciate that.❤

Great idea! I will implement this detox day next week! I'm so excited I stumbled upon your videos.

"No internet, phone, computer" Guess my software engineer career is over

Me: sees a dope meme My brain: *releases dopememe

Thank you. You are a master teacher. I think I'm very likely hoping for a "👍" from you as a dopamine hit. That's how helpful and informative this video is. Blessings. 🙏

What also kinda works for me is setting myself a "chore". It could be something really annoying and boring, that has to be done. I just decide that I won't be able to go to bed until I finished said activity. In the beginning the annoying activity can actually be pushed out until midnight, when I have "not other choice left". As time progresses however, I can try and do said activity earlier. Then I feel an certain accompishment for the whole day, because I have already done the annoying thing and the day was a success, no matter what happens afterwards. This kinda works for me.

To all my fellow addicts out there getting sober: don’t be shocked when you don’t get completely better within a week. Oftentimes our dopamine receptors can take up to a year to fully recover from the hell we’ve been putting it through. Just keep pushing forward and it works if you work it!

How to be happier: Step 1: Be less happy.

Sir! You nailed this topic, well done

Thank you so much, I was procrastinating the whole day everyday, even though I have to study a lot. This really helped me💗

When you're not motivated enough to try to get motivated