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The Paradox of Pleasure

51 min episode · 2 min read
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Episode

51 min

Read time

2 min

Topics

Leadership, Psychology & Behavior

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What It Covers

Psychiatrist Anna Lemke explains how modern abundance creates dopamine imbalances leading to addiction, depression and anxiety through the brain's pleasure-pain seesaw mechanism.

Notable Moment

Anna Lemke reveals her secret addiction to vampire romance novels, hiding books inside medical journals and escalating to graphic erotica while neglecting patients.

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