Dopamine Detox Tier List - 25 Things To Avoid

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You've probably heard of dopamine fasting or a dopamine detox (break, reset). Whatever you want to call it, it's starting to gain some traction in the scientific world. Experts do think that it can be healthy and helpful to do these every once in a while. The question is exactly what should one avoid? So in today's video I'm going to answer just that. I will tell you about the 24 hour dopamine fast rules and how to do it.
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Intro: (00:00)
Social Media: (00:39)
Gaming: (01:27)
Drinking Water: (01:57)
Eating Junk Food: (02:33)
Socializing (Hanging Out With People): (03:10)
Smoking: (03:42)
Working Out: (04:13)
Eating Healthy Food: (04:50)
Watching Shows: (05:31)
Alcohol: (07:17)
Reading Fiction: (07:37)
Reading Non-Fiction: (07:55)
Listening To Music: (08:42)
Drinking Coffee: (09:07)
Work: (09:55)
Listening To Podcast: (10:16)
Playing W/ Yourself: (10:37)
Writing/Planning: (11:03)
Hobby: (11:42)
Thinking About The Past: (12:10)
Daydreaming: (12:51)
Gambling: (13:26)
Cold Shower: (13:33)
Meditation: (13:57)
#dopaminedetox #dopaminefast

[@evan191919]

I think its crazy that the “eating healthy” and “exercising” isnt in the Do Not Do Tier.

[@imGrisky]

He explained it pretty well. Most people should eat healthy and exercise but not everyone should do it during the fast.

[@aliaksandrilyushenka5597]

Because it's all subjective and relative. We talk about pleasure level. If working out is your only pleasure source (also the biggest) than you definitely should avoid it during the fast

[@chiz161190]

If you are addicted to sport exercising may be a thing to avoid

[@toprotoshow3430]

@@imGrisky wrong, doing that cheap dopamine intake like watching YT or doing yk what is bad, doing healthy things that benefit you and getting dopamine is a balance most people should get used to.

[@gaffatsy9193]

@@toprotoshow3430 still the point of a dopamine fast is to reset your base levels. There is no debate that exercise is beneficial, but for the sake of the fast it isn't something to do if you get extreme pleasure from it.

[@maddog3704]

dopamine detox is abstaining from all addictive activities that raise your levels of dopamine too high. The idea behind the detox is to stop being dependent on activities like social media, video games, gambling, and other addictive behaviors.

[@juliuscaesar1028]

Yuh

[@osamaqtaitat]

Like money gathering, copy other people, being slave to “success” norms, putting goals and destroy your present life meanwhile.

[@bigsleepy9889]

Sounds fkin stupid lmfao

[@zarrowthehorse]

but i love video games as a hobby

[@maddog3704]

@@zarrowthehorse me to

[@yourcalmplace]

- I just want to let anyone who’s reading this, and going through a tough time know that it’s going to be okay. You’ll get through it! ✨

[@mylivespot77]

🤞

[@sneakystalker6500]

✌️

[@Mnisbeth]

Everything in God's own timing

[@subneo61]

F u bot

[@Me-mt4dp]

@@subneo61 this acc is 100% not a bot lol

[@varun.bakshi]

Summary : Gambling Masturbation Gaming Social Media Junk Food Fast Smoking Alcohol Consumption -------- Binge watching Podcast Healthy Eating Reading Fiction Caffeine Consumption -------- Reading Non-Fiction -------- Socializing Hobby Working Out Listening Music Planning/ Writing Past thinking Daydreaming Cold Shower -------- Water Fast Doing Work Meditation

[@honeybwood]

Ty! Now I can avoid youtube if I need to check one of these!

[@stephenkipkoech206]

This is my whole life if ai fast I will doe for sure

[@f4llenstarr]

What do the ---- mean?

[@unclegardener]

Shouldn’t listening to music be in the S tier of things to avoid? It’s probably the reason why I’m where I’m at now.

[@varun.bakshi]

@@f4llenstarr tier change

[@scout_yt4680]

I’m not too interested in a dopamine detox/fast, but I do think this video helped me and made my mind more clear on what I should be doing and avoiding, and why it all matters

[@mylivespot77]

I so need this right now. I’m so glad you just published this. I’m going to do this in the next couple days. Thanks for the great videos

[@dimitriospapageorgiou]

Excellent video! The only suggestion I would have is renaming the bottom category "Do Not Skip Tier" to avoid confusion. Keep up the great work!

[@amarug]

Finally a list where my entire life is located in the S tier

[@kanishkaraj2539]

Thank you so much for this improvement pill I was getting lost in dopamine recently, and I even take a half-ass dopamine detox in which I do most of the things that I should avoid. But now I can do it and I am doing this on 12th Feb

[@The_TreyWay]

how was it

[@thatguynamedtohuki]

I did not even know dopamine detox/fast is a thing, i'm so trying this tomorrow. edit: it is now the next day. I managed to do it until 5:30pm. Instead of the usual sitting at my computer all day, i read a book, went for a walk and worked out. Going to try to keep this up though! The grind never ends.

[@anhhuynhquanghoang8233]

Nice, u r actually making progress, and why is there a bot here?

[@thatguynamedtohuki]

@@anhhuynhquanghoang8233 honestly, no idea about the bot, but thank you :)

[@christopherlittle630]

7 days later, how you feeling? If you’ve stuck to it!

[@thatguynamedtohuki]

@@christopherlittle630 I am still definitely trying, although the sitting at the computer part definitely got worse again. I've started studying Japanese, so that's pulling me away from the computer at least a little bit. Will be trying to keep myself away from social media and gaming more next week though.

[@2isa]

@@thatguynamedtohuki you got this my dude

[@sneakystalker6500]

Thanks for always guiding and support me and all of us thank you so much ✌️

[@pokineusz3501]

right on time, dopamine fast is just something I need to do right away, thanks for making this video it helps a lot, starting tomorrow :)

[@Finnprovement]

Thank you, Improvement Pill! You've helped inspire me to start my own channel!

[@Random_5tuff]

This is really helpful. Thanks a lot man!

[@sergei9912]

Thank you so much. I have only one favour to ask you - Please do not delete this video.

[@bienvicoy865]

As for the daydreaming. Negative visualization is actually helpful to increase motivation as it tips the pain-pleasure balance to the side of pain and your dopamine system then compensates that.

[@ismailaliyavuz9671]

he probably meant cringe memories

[@Freakazoid12345]

I find that if I'm eating unbearably spicy foods, thinking of painful memories makes the spicy food seem easy to tolerate by comparison.

[@user-tl8ne1bk6j]

I've only just discovered your channel and already eI feel so much more confident and equipped to really take this on now because I need my son back who was taken from me because I relapsed and its broken my heart! So...many thanks in advance for your help 😊

[@djjayem100]

Great information but don't cut everything or you will be so depressed at dangerous levels. I quit alcohol, PMO and nicotine in one hit and had 4 hours sleep each night for a whole month. I am now getting to the end of the tunnel and I can tell you my life has improved In every aspect. Dating, health, goals, mentally I feel fantastic and confidence is through the roof. My only big dopamine hit is video games, but I only play shooters. I think 1 big hit is enough for a fulfilling life, just be prepared to sacrifice A LOT and suffer temporarily.

[@knowhowtodo]

Dopamine detox is a real game changer, once you get the hang of it. Everyone who is trying: Keep going, you got this 💪🏻

[@Antonio1350]

Finally! Thank you💜

[@N0Xa880iUL]

Great video brother

[@sayyedsufiyan6758]

Now I can understand why I postpone or not complete the activities like cleaning, organising or studying a new language..I use my phone a lot..I thought I was lazy and would always blame me, but now I understand its due to high dopamine I get from social media..thanks for this video..will reduce the social media usage for sure..

[@theunholybanana4745]

And weak willpower, it's still you who chose to go on your phone. Dopamine is a product of how our brain (you) processes information, you chose instant gratification instead of earned gratification, which is a sign of weak willpower. Btw I postpone chores as well but I find it encouraging to know that I'm fully in control and that it's my fault if I sit on my phone, if I blame my phone then not only will I be avoiding responsibility and become even lazier, but I will start to dislike something which brings me joy.

[@CA-nu5qy]

I love your channel. You present so many meaningful videos. Thanks a lot

[@9reyJ]

Fast af boi, exactly the vid i needed

[@acro9779]

I’ll take these videos one at a time. Thanks

[@knowhowtodo]

Very interesting tier list 💪🏻

[@altheuss]

Socmed, binging, playing with myself, chatting - thats why i was stuck. Thanks for the tier list

[@oleander161]

Definitely one of the videos ever made

[@alexanderwindh4830]

Fantastic video. Cool concept.

[@vicke7398]

Great video, thanks :)

[@user-kelsier]

Thank for the best beneficial content

[@Spoomis]

I did one of these for about 24 hours, it was nice. I read some books, went grocery shopping, and when I got off it, certain activities were certainly more enjoyable.

[@theunholybanana4745]

Grocery shopping is designed to release dopamine, buying anything releases dopamine and shops have lots of bright colours to make u impulse buy, target is an infamous example.

[@mohammadikhlas8837]

I wonder how productive this guy would be

[@marcussorensen5549]

Wdym

[@nephalem770]

He has 3.2M subs. You dont get that from sitting on your ass all day :-)

[@davidadesign]

I did a month without drinking, Tik tok and energy drinks. Really enlightening. I did crave sweets and coffee alot more. More drive to make art and read.

[@hunterrex8507]

I don't get it does dopamine detox really mean to stop enjoying your life because stop eating healthy food seems a bit too far

[@maddog3704]

He means don't eat junk food, don't get distracted, pop sugars, junk food, it actually helps you feel better. It's helps your life get better it doesn't mean stop having fun.

[@honeybwood]

That’s why it’s in that section of the list, it’s an option.

[@honeybwood]

There facts that show benefits of fasting especially in ppl over 40 I think is the age. If u don’t want to do it you don’t have to

[@honeybwood]

Physical not so mental when it comes to cancer and what not

[@Norhiree2137]

@@jeremy-likes-cats Well some ppl (like me) are eating for dopamine. Yes i eat (almost)all the time.

[@sadiqshafisati7854]

Improvement pill designed video's in such a way that it release low dopamine

[@13thravenpurple94]

Great video Thank you

[@user-qb5qk9jj9k]

great video!

[@alexander_228]

This vid is a perfectly explained full guide to dopamine detox. Although I already knew pretty much all of this I still left a like

[@zenyatta5064]

Why are there zero stories of people who did it in the comments

[@Dr.PeterLaFleur]

Great video

[@bassgirl_denalia9087]

It's essentially about cutting out "dopamine cheats", allowing your body and mind to create dopamine from healthy foods, hard work, gaining skills, and meaningful, in-person experiences with others.

[@Arwyn864]

Yay new upload

[@mylivespot77]

Any chance you have an infographic that summarizes the the video and shows the key steps?

[@rahulisgreat4911]

Thank you so much

[@ferris194]

08:15 for me it's quite the opposite, but in terms of a Kindle. I find a physical book more attractive and use my Kindle because the books are inexpensive

[@Droid3455]

I used to get a lot of dopamine from just listening to music, to me those songs would feel like a new trip and I would get lost in my imagination to the point where I got huge adrenalin rushes just by imagining

[@bradywellman9097]

Thank you for telling me I shouldn’t stop drinking water

[@obamas.7963]

Will do today is my birthday and I feel sad , depressed and unmotivated to do anything

[@speedkobold72]

Hey man. Happy Birthday to you! Wish you all the best. :-)

[@marcussorensen5549]

OBAMNA

[@mylivespot77]

Happy Birthday!! Don’t let your situation get you down… it’s just temporary

[@mansurialamgir9233]

Hey there ! A very happy birthday don't feel so sad life is all about ups and downs so accept it and achieve your dreams.

[@Lord_ofGods]

Happy Birthday

[@w0mpyy25]

can't understand the concept of literally doing nothing for a week, this list removes 100% of my life lmao

[@CROHardRap]

24 hour dopamine fast is an instant gratification way of doing dopamine fast. Instead, you should try to do lifelong dopamine reduction, where you reduce all instant gratification activitiea by 80%

[@theunholybanana4745]

I think the point of a dopamine fast it to reset dopamine levels so you can enjoy things more the next week, never enjoying anything won't reduce dopamine levels but will instead release more dopamine from simpler things, which isn't fun since you have a constant state of slightly above average, instead of an average state of average but sometimes happier and sometimes less happy. It's the opposite of how drug addicts only get joy from their drug of choice.

[@arnabchatterjee694]

Dopamine Fast (in no order) S: Social Media, Video games, Junk Food, Smoking, Drinking, Masturbation, Gambling A: Watching educational shows, Healthy Food, Reading Fiction, Caffeine, Entertaining Podcast B: Socialising, Exercise, Reading Non-Fiction, Music, Educational Podcast, writing/planning, hobbies, Reminiscing the past, Daydreaming about the future, Cold Shower Do not: Water, Working, Meditation

[@theotht]

bro tryna starve us

[@kerematlass]

💀

[@utsabbhanja0193]

💀💀

[@Kingman.]

💀💀💀

[@kamrannasibov481]

Thank you

[@jayza426]

I am an informatics engineering student and I use KZbin as an off-campus learning medium. Do I have to stop using KZbin to detox my dopamine, considering that social media is one of the biggest contributors of dopamine.

[@hk6474]

This is a pretty extreme view. People should eat healthy and exercise regardless of a dopamine fast.

[@alanalan9652]

The dopamine detox thing is interesting. However i have one objection on this.. What if you play video games or anything else that you enjoy doing are counciously enjoyed by you? I am talking about a hobby or passion. You should actually think about a passion/hobby and an addiction being seperate. I am not trying to be blackpill or be a Jeffrey but i am trying to seperate something incorrectly recognized from other.

[@pokineusz3501]

you have the answer in this video - everything has been explained: why this, why that, now you need to think yourself how to use this tool for your particular case :) most people take dopamine detox because they feel awful when not stimulated, not beceause they enjoy those stimulations too much

[@dywan8716]

Could you make a list of activities TO DO while dopamine detox? I already done dopamine detox once and mine problem was that I had nothing to do, I had too much free time

[@Andre-zg8wg]

There is no list. The less you do and consume the more eficient the detox is gonna be. Try to stay 24 hours in bed. No lights, no phone, no water, nothing! Its a nightmare. Because you are allowing the body to do a more aggressive detox. Every activity or movement you do, sooner or later, more or less is gonna promote dopamine. Even pain promotoes dopamine because your body naturally gets motivated to overcome that pain. So the level of detoxing is gonna depend how much are you willing to suffer from a extremely boring useless day.

[@umeshpandey7417]

How can we master art of avoiding distraction

[@mylivespot77]

10:41… doing the deed! Now that’s a challenge 🤣

[@cechlol9277]

This is the type of channel you watch for 20 minutes and then end up waking up next morning coming back to bad habits

[@r-type4945]

The idea of the fast is appealing but it won't get you anywhere if just done once in a while. Long term habit formation is required here.

[@godiegogo3280]

“It’s a one time thing and a great way to start the day”

[@bao_bun4491]

S tier (Things that everyone should avoid) Social Media, Gaming, Eating junk food, Smoking/Vaping, Alcohol, Masturbation, Gambling. A Tier (Things that most people should avoid) Eating healthy food, Binge watching, Reading fiction, Drinking coffee B Tier (Things that some people should avoid) Working out, Reading non-fiction, Listening music, Listening Podcast, Planning/Writing, Hobby, Thinking/Reflect about the past, Realistic daydreaming, Cold shower Do not do Tier ( Things that you should not avoid) Drinking water, Work, Meditation

[@ncertbiorevisionforneet1650]

thank you

[@orokusaki4987]

I think everybody greatly underestimated caffeine and music consumption. They both drain far more dopamine than video games, tv, social media. Caffeine especially I’d put on the same level as drugs and porn.

[@bienvicoy865]

This video is S tier

[@awesomeellyseplays]

i have a few other ones if anyone has any ideas where they’d be biking/skating/scootering etc shopping (for fun vs for needs) cleaning cool video!

[@ishowvelocity-no1]

cleaning = hard work so in the last section of the list shopping will be in the B section since interaction is involved in task to be done ....

[@awesomeellyseplays]

@@ishowvelocity-no1 ohh ok thanks

[@rebeccapinto9926]

So this should be followed for 24 hours? Am I correct? How often? Can you just sleep through it? Thanks.

[@wolfsiejk]

3:42 the cigarette being backwards lol

[@drblitz3092]

Crazy how grounded I feel after 3 days. I’ll be driving 60 mph and it feels like 40. It’s like I’m looking for some type of stimulation and don’t realize it

[@DistortedShelf0]

Valuable Alternative To Be More Practical: Dopamine Fast Lite Gist: begin by looking at your OWN behavior, and eliminate what is most stimulating for YOU. Video games are addictive for me, so I avoid them; porn on the other hand isn't all that stimulating for me, so I watch it every now and then without much issue. Follow up by analyzing YOUR goals--figure out what stimulating behavior is creating mental obstacles between you and your goal, then eliminate them. Side note: occasional dopamine spikes are okay. Your baseline dopamine cravings are based on your AVERAGE level of dopamine release day-to-day. Anything you can limit in terms of hours-per-day and days-per-week is okay; anything you cannot control yourself around needs to GO.

[@relatabletv]

You will eventually get addicted to porn so I would say QUIT IMMIDEALTY DON'T RISK IT

[@DistortedShelf0]

@@relatabletv I do not get addicted to porn, it's not a problem for me. What's addictive for someone varies from person to person.

[@relatabletv]

@@DistortedShelf0 not when it comes to porn. It may not be addictive for you but still high Jacks your brain with Domaine making dopamine detox impossible. Devil is tricking you into thinking its okay and that you control it. OK if you control it try going entire month without it. Once you do that which I'm certain you won't be able to do than you can do it.

[@DistortedShelf0]

@@relatabletv I've gone over a month before without using porn. It's really not that big of a deal.

[@taimoorali818]

sounds like you're justifying yourself watching porn by saying its not too stimulating cuz how is that possible? It is THE most stimulating thing on this tier list for anybody unless you're jerking off to it alot that it isn't THAT stimulating, which in itself is a problem

[@SapSapirot]

"originally considered to be a pseudoscience, but is somewhat relevant now" > Proceeds to talk about 80% pseudoscience

[@cool_gaming_f.f5890]

Hey improvement pill Love ur videos I have a some curse Which makes people hate me more they talk to me

[@elliottchard]

Great video but I think it would be important to separate out 'benign' and 'malevolent' sources of dopamine

[@edh7353]

Thanks

[@United_Wings]

Amazing

[@aisforapple2494]

Can I just sleep for 24 hours because everything in 'S tier' are basically daily habits that I seriously doubt I can avoid for even a day?

[@henrique-ww9gf]

quit only the toxic habits, avoiding healthy food, gym and reading is just insane, pure BS

[@chichimoshokoa18]

Don’t day dream, don’t read fiction , no games , no fast food, don’t binge, don’t drink coffee

[@SkellyMC]

Playing w yourself while watching the "movies" is one of the most dopamine activities. If it's hard for you not to do it, the best thing might be to play w yourself without the "movies"

[@theunholybanana4745]

99% of people can go without playing for a day, it feels a lot better if you do it less often

[@salamyhkainen9730]

First I need to get rid of my insane phone addiction. That would probably be the biggest step.

[@lukeizze]

KZbin is my biggest addiction and I,ve been in denial about this for years. I need to limit my time on here.

[@batteryjuicy4231]

In my opinion dopamine detox is a temporary fix. If you want the results to be permanent, you need to stop the behavior that release so much dopamine (quitting social media for example. And when I say quit, I mean delete the account forever) . It's like cigarettes, you need to stop doing them forever unless you want to relapse.

[@Randomly.assembled.molecules]

I don't have any social life and not use any social media I am literally living in the shadows

[@harihari-ou9in]

go touch some grass my friend start combat sports like mma or kickboxing or start playing football in a club. your social life will improve instantly because people there are forced to talk to you

[@akuinasantoni4362]

I would agree about "eating healthy" in the Do Not Do Tier. It's the same as "Drinking water", in my opinion, it doesn't have a negative impact. BUT, the thing is it would be negative if the proportion is big (or maybe like 4x eating for a day), like you can't control it. This "Eating healthy" is more subjective that actually the negative cases are less than you think. Many cases like "overweight" are caused by junk food. SO the best is B Tier not in A Tier. Exercising too. It can be in Do Not Do Tier. BUT, it depends on the person. Some individuals sacrifice some activities that are important in order to do excess exercise. Also, some of them do it for the sake of compliments from others (it's more arrogance than confidence), not for a healthy body. The dopamine comes out with a different purpose. But yeah, i think the cases are less. SO, the B Tier is right.

[@Anlonn]

what some call pseudosience, casinos call profit.

[@tomerschannel3248]

One suggestion is to change the bottom tier from “do not do” to “do not avoid”

[@mattc825]

I love that last tier lol. Do not NOT do some of these things. 🍻🤣

[@alexanderwindh4830]

For me - not using caffeine or adhd medicines like vyvanse has really helped.

[@frogozzzz]

Would I be allowed to knit during a detox? It's not addictive and I dont like it THAT much, I just dont hate it and it's not that boring

[@funygameur]

*- Drink Water* *- Work* *- Méditation*

[@Van_Graham]

Based as hell. Putting my phone away

[@culinan1732]

some people followed the logic more or less than others. everyone's a main character in their own story. confusion is inevitable. have a nice day!

[@BeEmoBro]

For how long should I do dopamine fast?

[@readyfordiscussion3724]

So basically if I wanna do a proper dopamin detox Im only allowed to drink water, work and meditate?

[@TheDocbach]

If you are referencing Huberman, then you know that work actually does spike dopamine even if you don't enjoy it. Which is why so many people can burn themselves out even if they are disciplined during the work week but party hardy on the weekends. So work should definitely be S tier if you are serious about a dopamine detox.

[@ValentinaMantoni]

How long should you do a dopamine fast? And how often?

[@fionajacquelinethereseding7175]

With the detox, you'll stop doing these addictive activities for a set period, which is often recommended to be around 90 days.

[@honeybwood]

This question is for improvement pill, How long should we do it? I want to do at least a day but I saw online ppl do 90 days. Based off this video what is recommended?

[@sdprxas]

It Depends on you just asking yourself. how long do I need to reach (whatever your goals)one day? or three? a week?

[@fionajacquelinethereseding7175]

With the detox, you'll stop doing these addictive activities for a set period, which is often recommended to be around 90 days.

[@juliuscaesart]

Pill still back 👀👀