The Paradox of Pleasure
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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