Dopamine Detox (FACT CHECKED!)

[@PeteJudo1]

Some Citations: Models of Dopamine release in the brain: www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0896627303001697 Meditation leading to lower cortisol: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23724462/ Spinal withdrawal reflex: www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006899398003795

[@lunarao]

@@treali Your point about dopamine receptors is interesting. But your citations are all about addiction to drugs, which works very differently to a behavioural addiction like social media addiction. Do you have any sources for a study on behavioural addiction and dopamine? Specifically, how the type of “behavioural detox” that so many of the KZbinrs are talking about with dopamine detox videos, have on dopamine receptors. Genuinely curious to learn.

[@zarqwon]

In the new ICD digital addiction is now classified together with drug abuse, because the neural correlations, the hit the brain takes is comparable. I guess that says something something about the dopaminergic intensity of the stimuli from social media.

[@JaydedWun]

Psych Hon student from Aus here. Cheers for doing what many of us don't have the stamina to do in swatting away the amount of marketing bs

[@PeteJudo1]

It’s my pleasure. Thanks for watching and subscribing 🙏

[@Tossell11]

Nice to see these toxic channels called out for their BS by someone who literally has the degree to say so! Also, the whiteboard thing is so true. You can write anything on a whiteboard and someone will believe it

[@PeteJudo1]

Yeah there’s so many channels that do it. The whiteboard isn’t even real! It’s all software! Glad you liked the video though bro

[@sasukefaan]

I mean the dude in the video looks about 26. A degree these days is pretty meaningless, especially when it comes to something like psychology, it just shows you can follow whichever path your pied piper of education decides to take you down. There are plenty of different schools of thought and things not properly understood by “academics”. This guy is simply a follower, not a pioneer of ideas.

[@sasukefaan]

Nothing about dopamine detox was disproved by this video. If anything he just made the arguments for it stronger without even dealing. It’s just the improvementpill guy doesn’t understand the method, but he’s still getting people to think on the right path

[@chronosbat]

@@sasukefaan He's saying that after "detoxing" you'll go back to your old habits, since they're still there and you never cut them out a good way.

[@quike.5249]

Literally such an awesome video! I hate these no phone, no fast food, no nothing that releases pleasure and dopamine. But that's not how it works, it should all be balanced, i tried dopamine detox and i literally went insane and stopped it. My mind was filled, i was overanalyzing and having more stress about my work and was very tired. The thing I learned is that:- be calm and balanced and continue your life

[@mentalration404]

Spreading harmful advice about mental health in itself should be an automatic 0/10. Keep it up man, you're doing God's work with these vids 😂

[@PeteJudo1]

True that 🙌. Thanks for the support!

[@theneedlehigh5328]

I literally feel more dopamine towards politics and religious debates than video games You are more than right

[@natedawg3855]

Thank you for bringing a logical, straight forward approach to this flawed topic, even Harvard and Psychology today have labeled it a fad. They also say during a detox not to talk to anyone and to avoid music, what a load of bs. Awesome, informative video, cheers!

[@kintarooe8622]

you do great work, keep that light shining in this dark sea of thieves

[@Gloin1994]

Thank you for debunking this pseudoscientific trend. You can't "fast" from a naturally existing chemical in our brain.

[@saph100]

Oh hey, fancy seeing you here, I love Achille12345 and I love your work! But really I agree because these pleasures have been around since ancient civilization, so it's hard to say how this connects to the same spike that someone would get from drugs, which is an unfair comparison because that stuff could even kill you. Glad to finally find these types of videos that are washed in a sea of the same thing over and over. Almost reminds me of how on one of Glink's videos, the EBF guy Matt Roszak spoke about the same thing on people talking about internet overstimulation, and I certainly agree with that.

[@otikamporn]

I search many place in this topic on the internet and you give me more clear answer than others. Thank you.

[@masaritooo4762]

This needs more awareness. Thanks for the upload!

[@PeteJudo1]

You’re most welcome!

[@calciumgoodness4073]

The end of this video was fantastic. Pointing out that they're dosing misinformation about neuro science while still suggesting some good practices is fantastic.

[@strivingfornewhorizons9281]

Another thing that confused me about "dopamine fasting" was that on one hand "you aren't allowed to do stuff that increases your dopamine" - yet at the same time you're allowed to exercise😂

[@PeteJudo1]

Doesn’t make any sense does it?

[@Profile.4]

Obviously they're referring to artificial stimulus.

[@mfit7110]

@@Profile.4 exactly.

[@nowayjosedaniel]

​@@Profile.4Define "artificial"

[@Profile.4]

@@nowayjosedaniel television, internet, substances.

[@ciggsaffex]

So I'm a student and I'm literally so worried about controlling my habits n increasing my productive hours but yesterday I came to know about this dopamine detox thing and I tried that too but ofc it didn't increased my productivity. TYSM I was so confused at the beginning, like someone fr having a degree sharing this makes just so much of sence!!!

[@KishanthJavegar]

Glad you're raising awareness about this man! Definitely something to be mindful of when you came across those video...nice work!

[@PeteJudo1]

Thank you!

[@KishanthJavegar]

@@PeteJudo1 No worries...would love your thoughts on my film too!

[@neoloaded]

A question - if repeat social media viewing does not increase dopamine (and actually decreases the release), then why do we feel addicted to check social media?

[@generalegg449]

Its habit. Its literally on the video...

[@saph100]

It's basically keeping up with the joneses on a global scale.

[@czpiaor]

It’s due to habit. Our brain knows social media is rewarding, but we get less sensitive so we want to consume more each time.

[@rainiervalai1129]

Pardon me if I'm not understanding correctly, but I would absolutely love some clarification on this. It seems like you agree that there is some truth to the intended effects of dopamine fasting (@6:11) even if laymen youtubers are incorrectly describing the underlying psychological/physiological functions. While it is true that this "dopamine reset" would cause you to regain dopamine sensitivity and that you would still prefer highly dopaminergic activity, is that reason enough for it to not be worth doing? Because to me it seems there would be a difference in trying to engage in low dopamine activity while overstimulated and low dopamine activity while you are not overstimulated, even if there are higher dopamine activities available. The dopamine fast wouldn't on its own cause you to become addicted to chores and such the same way you would become addicted to games/social media/etc., but combined with some self-discipline could it not be a useful tool in trying to facilitate healthier habits?

[@PedroMartinez-sp1cb]

It's a typical internet debating technique: people who are looking to feel like they're right will argue over semantics or little details, they'll argue words and technicalities rather than understanding the whole picture the other side is presenting. I've seen this countless times from different KZbinrs and people in the comments. In the end, this video did nothing but say "ha you're wrong about these little things and I'm smarter". He could have pointed out those technicalities without the ego. Just my saying.

I cant say anything about Dopamine but this detox thing is very helpfull for me to turn my bad habits to good ones. For example i delete my ig, twitter and music accounts (because i spend a lot of time) and replace them with studying and learning.

[@jamesm7072]

I highly doubt you won’t return to them. Remember to enjoy things in life.

@@jamesm7072 I had an exam last year it was helpful, couple months ago i reinstalled those apps

[@RealisticLEDs]

Bro u a W guy thanks for fact checking these goons. respect big dawg 💪

[@kung-borean30]

Here from reddit

[@PeteJudo1]

Good to have you!

[@nicksanders9086]

You clearly are speaking from a place of being told something and not actually experiencing it yourself... You are book smart and believe that everything you were taught is the final word on a subject. I can without a doubt say that my life has gotten exponentially better when applying the things all these "dopamine detox" videos say to my own life.. My depression has minimized and I have felt more fulfilled, more energetic and more productive. I get what your books told you (and some of your arguments against are just nitpicking on a words meaning and not what the intent behind what context the word was intended to be used in)...

[@amunsen]

and then he calls him out for giving out harmful advice.

[@kidtrunks2568]

Exactly. I've discovered on my own that starving myself from the overstimulation of technology makes me happier and more productive. Whether that is related to dopamine/cortisol/oxytocin really does not matter to me. If it works, it works.

[@nowayjosedaniel]

Correlation does not prove Causation. Just because you got benefits from unplugging and touching grass doesnt mean anything to deal with dopamine. I could also sell you a topaz rock which keeps tigers away. No tigers have attacked me in the 10 years I've owned it, so clearly it works right? You also are on the offense to attack him as inexperienced at life and only a theoretical bookworm? On what basis? You are so emotional, it is no surprise you're so upset he debunked this illogical disproven idea of "dopamine detox". When your belief is thoroughly debunked, instead of adjusting your assumptions and creating a new hypothesis, you are lashing out at the person who helped you by destroying your fantasy and giving you correct information. Grow up.

[@nowayjosedaniel]

​​@@amunsenhat youtuber's advice is harmful, wrong, and excessively low IQ. So of course he needs educated people to correct him. That youtuber is like a snake oil salesman who sells everyone iron supplements to protect against COVID, and then when 1% of people with iron deficiency feel better after taking it (irrelevant of covid) he claims it works for 100% of people. God I hate people who dont understand the rudimentary components of the scientific method. Why dont you all just do a caveman dance, drink windex, and then praise the blue water deities everytime you get a cold, while plugging your ears when a biologist tells you windex or the windex gods didnt cure you but your immune system naturally stops viruses on its own? Bc these people are that person in this context. Ugh.

[@joelmi16]

Subbed from Reddit. Excited to experience your insights, very cool.

[@PeteJudo1]

Good to have you!

[@0xtabs]

Can you try to react to Dr Huberman's video on dopamine and motivation?

[@94Faran]

Loved the video and subscribed. I decided to a more extreme version of 'dopamine detox' which is basically a week of lower to negligible consumption of electronic media (phones, TV, dating apps, social media - you name it) and this definitely made me more productive and improved my concentration levels in the following weeks. I've since thought I could train my brain to enjoy low dopamine releasing activities (e.g. working) through avoidance of high dopamine releasing activities (e.g. Dating apps). It works but guess not for the same reasons advertised In a number of these videos.

[@PeteJudo1]

Yes unlikely because of dopamine. Probably cortisol like I say. But if it works it works y’know?! More power to you!

[@nattyman1399]

What ever the reason is if it work it WORK that is what we all want

[@mikem.s.1183]

Very, very good video. Very well structured and based on actual science.

[@ShervinShares]

I'd love to see a video on Andrew Huberman & his Dopamine podcast!

[@MuEnViFitness]

Great video. Always nice to see an argument beat up to harmful knowledge.

[@PeteJudo1]

Thanks mate!

[@Pensnmusic]

Thank you for explaining the idea that having low dopamine doesn't result in more boring/less rewarding things being easier to do. As someone with ADHD it's as you say, it's the opposite, you end up stuck doing nothing but the high reward activities because you feel like you're starving for stimulation. I find combining two low stimulus things makes them both easier to do.

[@pet_r_o_c_k]

this video is underrated af

[@Sujithsuriya]

Well what I infer is that dopamine detox or fasting is more like a hard reset of rewarding system in our brain and increase the focus. It's the process of breaking the habits that formed due to high rewarding tasks which might not be useful for our growth rather than they consume our time without any sort of gains for us. Once you reach the baseline dopamine level, we should consciously take the less rewarding tasks like gym etc to form habit on that whilst maintaining an average level of high rewarding tasks( like reducing screen time) . Because cutting out those high rewarding tasks will make you gloomy or non motivated state. Since the dopamine is at base level, focus will be clear and we should divert ourself to the activities which helps us to achieve something. So in simple terms, Dopamine detox - brings back dopamine to base level - improved focus - consciously choose what habit you want to form - maintain a balance of high and low rewarding tasks ( delayed gratification works)

[@MrFromminsk]

Why do you deduct one point for one statement and two points for another? How do you measure what is worth one point vs two?

[@nowayjosedaniel]

The things worth 2 pt deductions are extremely awful things. I mean that grifter wasnt just wrong on habits, but stated the EXACT OPPOSITE of the definition. He literally couldnt be more wrong. If that isn't worth 2 pts, nothing is.

[@chronosbat]

I came to your channel when your Academia video blew up. If you see this love your no bs channel!

[@gretalaube91]

No matter what people say, if there's a product somewhere, I immediately raise eyebrows and awaken the inner cynical specter!

[@skccharan]

Thank you bro.

[@DeweyJHall1]

"Starving your donkey" sounds so wrong 🤣

[@PeteJudo1]

It does!

[@Pazuzu-]

Thanks for the information. Glad I can smell the BS from miles away.

[@Mel-mu8ox]

9:28 If everything is going well, these are the times I'm most likely to become unhappy... Humans are natural problem solvers, we need meaning in life and room to grow. If life was perfect, we might make problems just to see how we can change it

[@supermanbatman123456]

Have you read pyscho-cybernetics would love a video on that book

[@jacobfunnell65]

Great vid! It's odd how these ideas can kinda ... sneak into the collective 'understanding' of how we work, even if they're bunk. Have you considered contacting any media outlets about this? I'm sure some would be interested in covering it and talking to you.

[@PeteJudo1]

Don’t even know who I would contact, but I’m open to it!

[@kanishkburman685]

Thank you

[@mspococurante]

Subscribed so hard. Thank you.

[@coorporationfirm3151]

Great video, very objective, keep it up brother!

[@PeteJudo1]

Thanks mate! Thanks for stopping by the stream :)

[@accurategamer7085]

To be honest I don't care if what he says is right or not, if it works for me it works. Kind of like meditation, there wasn't enough evidence to prove it worked and people still did it and it worked for them. I just do what works for me the best. Anyways this was very informative, I think improvement pill just made this whole thing and without any research just made this shit up himself because the whole thing worked for him. Some of his other videos are really good. Edit: nevermind, I'm just being arrogant you right.

[@PeteJudo1]

😂😂 thx

[@saph100]

I couldn't agree more because as he said, it was to break his addiction and not exactly suited for everyone else's, and if he smokes and drinks a lot then that shows that there's a lot going on because that is more like a drug than most things if done in excess.

[@bhanutitli]

You have the knowledge don't have experience

[@br9377]

Since this video came out, Anna Lembke the head of addiction studies at Stanford has come out in favour of dopamine fasting I'd love to see a video reacting to some of her thoughts. I have no idea who's right or wrong in this debate.

[@PeteJudo1]

Will have to look into this. Maybe I’m wrong!

[@nowayjosedaniel]

She is wrong. Qualifications in academia do not prove competence in any way. There are an infinite reasons an idiot could end up in a position of "authority"

[@czpiaor]

@@nowayjosedanielthis also applies to Pete too. We’ll have to look at who puts put more convincing evidence

[@adahuang2872]

Great videos, people definitely need more of this!! Just a quick ask, which textbook is it you mentioned in the video, want to take a look of that!

[@PeteJudo1]

I have a citation in the comments for the reflex only going to the spine. The phrase ‘textbook example’ was just a figure of speech.

[@dmc860]

Thanks for these kinds of quality contents. Can I ask is there a specific number of days or week where the reward resets?

[@PeteJudo1]

It’s hard to test this on humans for ethical reasons, so most of our models of dopamine come from mouse/rat studies, and then we observe similar behavioural patterns in humans, so we assume its the same mechanism. It would depend on how many times you had consumed the stimulus before, and how consistent the reward from that stimulus was. Whatever the number of days or weeks it is, it’ll have to be a lot longer than a day to detect anything measurable. These processes are slow. Btw your name is hilarious 😂

[@nowayjosedaniel]

The answer is the same as the answer to the question, "How long is a rope?"

[@marcusstrymon693]

I could not even do this with going for a full hike on a mountain bc not eating would be dangerous lol

[@someguy4003]

It's more of an addiction fast or a bad habit fast than a dophamine fast.

[@WillyJunior]

These are great videos. Keep it up and your channel will certainly grow.

[@PeteJudo1]

Thanks Billy!

[@vaarataajuus1254]

So Andrew Huberman and Anna Lembke got this wrong, right?

[@vaarataajuus1254]

Wait a second, I just noticed that I'm not the only one here who comments about Huberman's false claims, but looks like you haven't reacted to any of them. I'm confused. Are you trying to avoid this subject or what? 🤔

[@je6a478]

​@@vaarataajuus1254This video is an analysis about the video from Improvement Pill. He does mention that other creators are following this idea but it would be physically impossible to name every creator that follows this idea. Thus, what you are saying is not sound

[@hacker010010101]

don't know whether to laugh or cry. its shocking how large the audiences of those channels are that provide superficial and/or wrong advice.

[@PeteJudo1]

It’s actually tragic. That’s why fact-checked exists as a series on my channel

[@nowayjosedaniel]

It's not as sad when you realize 90% of those viewers are also subscribed to Minecraft/Roblox and the individual's musical equivalent of a Boy Band. Because the vast majority of viewers on youtube are children, and for channels like that it's almost all of them. Teenagers are universally known to be clueless, easily fooled, dramatic, etc. A sucker is born every minute, and at least here in the USA adolescence often doesn't end until mid to late 20's. Channels like this are going to be skewed much more heavily towards adults, but will still primarily be children (teens). Most adults simply dont have the time to watch much of anything, and are much more likely to have habits that dont revolve around social media.

[@User24x]

No food? He's crazy

[@agapon2023]

oh... it explained a lot. thx

[@Paaaaanos]

Psych student here, great video

[@PeteJudo1]

Thanks mate! Psych students 🙌

[@SimonLarneryd]

Hi! Great video. It's showing that your put a great deal of effort into this. (: As a student of behaviour sciences. Is it possible for you to add some sources of your main statements? I know it'll add to your workload but it might also highlight another difference between scientifically backed statements and such grabbed from the air (in this case improvement pill). Looking forward to more!

[@PeteJudo1]

Thanks! Citations in the pinned comment!

[@Pensnmusic]

As someone with ADHD I gotta say ... that carrot analogy is stupid lol

[@messpilo]

Good👍

[@pet_r_o_c_k]

FINALLY SOMEONE AGREEING WITH ME 😭

[@gingerlordandco.3747]

good quality!

[@joerude8]

That's great

[@musicfan2000]

this deserves millions of views-- bravo

[@PeteJudo1]

Thanks dude!

[@fahad1003]

Here I am👋

[@PeteJudo1]

Thanks for coming mate!

[@nateblair1830]

Andrew huberman is preaching this bs too

[@seub12]

Can you do a video about ADHD, current science based knowledge about it, and if current medications are truly the solution? Would appreciate a lot! Keep up with the vids :)

[@PeteJudo1]

Fascinating topic. I’ll look into it! Thanks for the suggestion!

[@partlysimpson5154]

Current science tells you to eat medications, thats what they learn at school, coz its "scientificly packed best option" lmao

[@nowayjosedaniel]

​@@PeteJudo1A new book was released about ADHD, and it is quite amazing. Check out Scattered Minds by Gabor Mate.

[@katie1266]

Yeah, I kept thinking, there's no way to fast from a neurotransmitter 😂😂😂

[@Leonidas656565]

Depression, sadness, and loneliness aren't indicators of something going wrong in your life? I think that's a silly thing to say. People don't experience negative emotion for no reason other than a obscure concept called mental health. It might be a misaligned perception of reality but nevertheless it could and often is absolutely that you aren't doing something in your life that you KNOW that you should be doing. Something that you should be saying but aren't. Etc

[@nowayjosedaniel]

Most of this is caused by past trauma, which will effect you even when your life is currently perfect and the source of the trauma is long gone. Your life can be fine, and often is, when you suffer these things. For many reasons. Your life can also be going perfectly fine and you still are lonely despite all your work to fix it. There are endless reasons why sadness, depression, and loneliness have no current cause and/or is not your fault.

[@solemnsausage5514]

I've seen that some of your recent videos do so, but might be worth adding some citations in order to back up your own points.

[@PeteJudo1]

Check the pinned comment!

[@theoneandolney]

Good video, maybe worth chucking in some references at the end/in the description. I especially agree about the mental health advice, maybe the spinal reflex arc isn't so bad? I guess it is still your central nervous system?

[@PeteJudo1]

Pinned comment with citations there! Yeah the spinal reflex thing wasn’t toooo bad, so it was only worth deducting a single point. It’s just funny because that lesson is something I learned in one of my first psychology classes. So it clearly shows that this guy isn’t qualified at all, such a basic thing to get wrong.

[@theoneandolney]

@@PeteJudo1 oh fab, sorry I'm obviously just rubbish at looking!

[@PeteJudo1]

No worries mate! Thanks for the comment!

[@megapet777]

Wow your channel is really good. Found you through better ideas' channel. Subbed :).

[@PeteJudo1]

Thanks dude! Welcome to the family!

[@megapet777]

@@PeteJudo1 Thank you!

[@samruddhidole6027]

Hello! So I don't usually comment but having watched so many so called motivational videos, now that I watched this video I felt like laughing at myself for not double checking for the definition of habit. *But my question to you is how can you really reset your life from a psychological point of view?* (If possible please make a video about it) Also from now on I will definitely try to collect information from a credible source. Thankyou

[@PeteJudo1]

I have a video called “How to build new habits fast.” That’s pretty close to a reset.

[@naofumikobayashi4049]

Thanks for your helpful video! I learned a reflection in elementary school but I didn’t notice the idea in that video was wrong! I better be critical 😅

[@PeteJudo1]

When it’s written on a fake whiteboard it looks so convincing!

[@jacksiwel84]

While thinking about it from perspective of "dopamine fasting" isn't the right perspective, there is some value in becoming aware of a habit that you're trying to break and mindfully replacing it with another habit. From a learning perspective, it seems like a variant of negative punishment. And when you say that writing prompts "aren't psychology", writing about how you feel when breaking a habit is a tool in CBT.

[@alicjaz2771]

11:50 he didn't say it's not psychology, he said it's not BAD psychology.

[@jacksiwel84]

@@alicjaz2771 he says, "we're going to skip because it's really not about psychology anymore".

[@alicjaz2771]

@@jacksiwel84 I still hear bad psychology, but I may be wrong. In this case you are right, this can be used in therapy, although in this case I think it's more of a good creative habit than a therapy tool

[@nowayjosedaniel]

Giving someone writing prompts isnt psychology. It's just giving someone writing prompts. Anyone can do that. Doesnt make you a scientist or healthcare professional. Otherwise you might as well claim the girl you just had sex with is a clinical psychologist and professional counselor bc she let you stick it in her while calling her "mommy".

[@amyo]

@ImprovementPill watch this video 😊🧠

[@nyvink1975]

Brave and excellent video!

[@PeteJudo1]

Thanks Niels!

[@theseacorns5484]

420th like. Great vid btw

[@marcusstrymon693]

addiction works just the other way. Everytime I fell back intonweed addiction fornlonger times, I felt less and less rewarded leading tonme smoking more and more but in general feeling less and less tonthe point of total depression. Like it felt like there was no dopamine anymore at all and anything felt just plain and grey On the countrary, since I stopped theblast time I have absurd ammounts of drive, my reward system functions again and I can do fun things and feel pleasure again

[@nowayjosedaniel]

drugs work completely differently.

[@ramjeesaradi]

Nice! Going on the offence, Is this a calculated move? If I have to translate the fact checking and the rationale for benefits of dopamine fasting to actions for improvements, it would be that spreading the practice of journaling, meditating and mindfulness over several months in short intervals. And that would reap good results.

[@PeteJudo1]

Going on the offence because improvement pill was just wayyy off the mark. My other fact-checked videos are less aggressive haha! Yes agreed. Doing mindfulness regularly seems like a way more practical way to reap the benefit of dopamine fasting without the extreme measures. Though word of caution, like i say in the video, the research on mindfulness is still inconclusive. Some people find it works great, others, not so much. So I think a bit of self experimentation is required

[@sannamati4571]

And the same psychologist also tell you that nofap , semen retention does not work.

[@nowayjosedaniel]

I cannot imagine ever believing in these things, simply bc my IQ isn't sub-75. Like I cannot even fathom how someone believes in things as obviously low IQ as "dopamine detox" or "nofap". Jfc. Like how can anyone even have these thoughts?

[@alexandramcginnis8872]

Dude, you don’t know how much I LAUGH when I saw the first video with the big thumbnail saying “Dopamine detox” and how it calm you down your brain and bullshit like that. Why? Because right across the room is what I started calling “Meth plus”, or “foculin”. By oversimplifying it, it raises the level of dopamine in my brain. Why? Because otherwise I’m not paying attention, I’m wandering around campus for no reason, and thinking 50,000 things at a time. Fucking literally just ADHD. Like do these people want to develop ADHD?

[@normja6876]

What are you even saying?

[@carlosfuentes2772]

Thanks for calling that channel out

[@PeteJudo1]

It’s overdue 🙏

[@neomagneto84]

White board bias needs to be a thing, great shout!

[@PeteJudo1]

Right?! 😂

[@chronosbat]

I'm only about 1/3 way through the video (sorry) but my 2 cents is that a dopamine detox won't help you in the long run as long as you have distractions. You regulate your dopamine over time (I don't think this is the correct thing to say but idk) by slowly cutting things out. For example, I've been scrolling on the STEM field and reading more instead of endless scrolling.

[@annadushenkina3512]

That is not how you train animals either, so...

[@KroKey]

Bro I don’t understand why this video is not more popular, I see this dopamine detox crap all the time, every few months I see a new video about it get popular and I’m like “oh no not again”, haha!

[@PeteJudo1]

Thanks Kro. Agreed, the trend is really out of hand.

[@KilgoreTroutAsf]

What? Next thing you are going to say that my histamine training is wrong?

[@PeteJudo1]

eh?

[@KilgoreTroutAsf]

@@PeteJudo1 dopamine fasting, histamine training, serotonin fitness...

[@Pandor18]

I don't think this video was on bad faith but I was just hoping for an analysis like an steel man argument or something, it feels pedantic hear a psychologist said that knows more than someone that isn't (duh) and no hear what would be the best version of an idea or argument

[@nowayjosedaniel]

Are you ESL or illiterate? I hope the former bc holy crap is your comment incoherent.

[@psps6623]

The part you saved till the very end should be at the very beginning, where you indicate that there are positive results following this advice but explain that it's probably for different reasons. Cutting back on excesses that desensitize you is good. Using Donkeys, buffets, and incorrect medical terminology is bad.

[@bumbleblues8219]

Great to see this video because as much as the dopamine detox sounds wonderful... essentially it is flawed but hearing your point of view will help me make my own choices.. Support free 'factual' speech! A new follower

[@abcdefghijklm5784]

Ok but what's a solution then? If it doesn't work how else do u get ur brain to do hard things

[@PeteJudo1]

Check out my other videos to find out!

[@abcdefghijklm5784]

@@PeteJudo1 oh u tease ;) ok will do

[@101xaplax101]

this garbage isn't even worth debunking..........

[@RajoittamatonVale]

Pretty cringey to start the video with an appeal to authority. It seemed like most of the video was you nitpicking random shit which had nothing to do with the efficacy of dopamine detox. It's also a bit of a stretch to call promoting dopamine detox "dangerous".

[@seededsoul]

I don't think IP man deserves all this hate. It seems like you have an issue with just one word, "dopamine".

[@rabbitwho]

Huberman lab has all kinds of qualifications and is still spreads things based on what one single small study suggests... Dopamine Nation is a book he is plugging on this topic and yeah he recommends dopamine fasts but not in this form There is some evidence that "dopamine sensitivity" is a thing and that stuff like social media decreases dopamine sensitivity The idea that taking one day off from dopamine would help is ridiculous

[@matt7745]

This is like a worse version of nofap

[@The-KP]

Is it possible to learn beneficial aspects of psychology by hearing what not to do? Your video goes on the same shelf as things with "You're Doing It Wrong" in the title. I've no time for this.

[@mathewfleming]

@Pete - ever considered actually working for YT as a fact checker to help eliminate all the garbage that's published on YT every day.

[@PeteJudo1]

Don’t think I could even make a ripple in that ocean 😂. But I’d love to work with KZbin in the future

[@mathewfleming]

@@PeteJudo1 It's gonna takes a lot of (people with) stones to make a ripple in that ocean. So desperately needed though.

[@nowayjosedaniel]

People who get jobs as "Fact Checkers" are usually the worst people in the world to check facts. That should always be a hard pass for any professional who values their integrity. Plus YT will never hire real fact checkers. It's an impossible task due to sheer volume. The only fact checkers hired by companies are for company propaganda and control.

[@khchua4683]

So basically the things people do in dopamine detox is eventually good, but it really shouldn't be called dopamine detox?

[@nowayjosedaniel]

It has nothing to do with dopamine, you cannot detox dopamine, and some of the things you do are extremely vague simple generic things, while other things like not eating food is dangerous when paired with exercise or hiking and have absolutely no benefit in this context, except as possibly a limited spiritual action called Fasting, which is quite a bit different than just touching grass or reading a book. Also the more important component is that the things suggested could be replaced WITH the "high dopamine" things and see the same benefits. For example, someone could pause playing highly competitive (stressful) video games to play 18 hrs straight of a more relaxing video game, and achieve the same or more stress reduction than if they fasted from food while taking a walk. Because it has nothing to do with dopamine.

[@ChianTheContrarian]

Why keep using the word “donkey”? I can’t keep a straight face as I am no saint 😂. Too much innuendo, also riding own donkey? Hmmmmmm 😅 Sex is bad???!!!!!!!????!!!! Hmmmmm. Religions tend to say non-marital sex is bad. But the science of sex says otherwise......

[@PeteJudo1]

😂😂

[@WereAlreadyHere]

I think you're getting too caught up on the this one video and the name "dopaime detox". This isnt even the standard "dopamine detox". Its more like a one day fast... Food depravation is typically not involved and it lasts more like a month. Nobody actually thinks they're detoxing the brain from dopamine..Its just a catchy name. Its a process of using willpower to breakthrough the extreme discomfort experienced when depriving yourself of unnecessary habits and a procrastination based lifestyle which no longer serves you. It works very well. You force yourself to no longer peruse old habits which your mind does associate with a dopamine's release, weather or not that habit still releases dopamine is irrelevant. You pursue it because you associate it with the dopamine it once released. You are then forced to create new habits that you allow yourself to partake in because they are constructive and you DO release dopamine from these new habits. Now you associate a dopamine rush with constructive habits and want to continue doing constructive things thus improving your life. That's all dude. I know for a fact from personal experience that it works very well if you are in a situation that requires it. You do not seem to be in that situation but many are.

[@nowayjosedaniel]

"Nobody thinks theyre actually dopamine detoxing when theyre doing the thing they call dopamine detoxing." I mean holy crap you couldn't be more wrong, but the mental gymnastics you're doing here is hilarious entertainment all on its own. No one would call it this term if they didnt think it did this. And to claim no one is fooled even if most wised up? Your logic is equal to the logic of anyone who buys into dopamine detox. Your own argument doesnt even follow itself to its own conclusion. Just like the idiotic video about donkeys.