Supernormal Stimuli _ Screen Addiction Risks - Dr. Trish Leigh(360P) - video Dailymotion

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00:00Are you constantly seeking dopamine hits from gaming, social media, or even binge-watching?

00:07Remember, dopamine is the molecule of more and it's insatiable.

00:12Maybe you even find that your motivation for real-world experiences is dropping

00:18and your pleasure in life has gone down.

00:22Well, in today's video, I'm going to show you how digital overstimulation

00:27rewires your brain through supernormal stimulation.

00:32And more importantly, I'm going to show you what you can do to take back control.

00:37I'm going to show you how you can reset the dopamine system in your brain

00:42for healthier pleasure and happiness.

00:45I'm Dr. Trish Lee.

00:47Welcome back to the channel where we help people understand how modern technology

00:53impacts your brain, hijacks the dopamine system, and keeps you wanting more in the screen

00:59but preventing you from enjoying your life.

01:02If you want to know what you can do to reset the dopamine system

01:07so you can feel happiness at higher levels again, well, you're in the right place.

01:13Let's dive in.

01:14Technology is designed to hijack your brain so that you feel more pleasure in the screen

01:20but less pleasure and happiness in your real life.

01:24It's called supernormal stimulation and it keeps you going back for more.

01:30It can be experienced on a continuum from emails to explicit matter.

01:36Let me tell you how it works.

01:37Every time you go back and you check your email or a notification, a DM, a dating app,

01:45a short-form video, a long-form video, all the way up to explicit matter,

01:51your brain is experiencing what I call a deluge of dopamine.

01:56You're getting more dopamine from the screen than you ever possibly could

02:02from real-world experiences.

02:05This is what keeps you coming back for more.

02:07Over time, this reduces your ability to enjoy real-life experiences

02:13because there's less dopamine there for pleasure, but you still experience pleasure,

02:19but you also get serotonin for joy, and you also get oxytocin for connection.

02:26It's called the happiness trifecta.

02:28But the more you go into the screen, the less you want to hang out with your friends,

02:33play your guitar, or cook or garden, or do any of your favorite hobbies.

02:38But the good news is you can reset your brain and the pleasure pathways within it

02:45so that they no longer crave those high levels of dopamine.

02:50Instead, they want the happiness trifecta from your life.

02:54So your happiness hack for today is an activity that I call dopamine determination.

03:01It works like this.

03:02Get out a journal, and in the left-hand column,

03:05write down all of the screen-based, supernormal stimuli that you're going back to right now.

03:12Realize you're getting high levels of dopamine from those tech-based activities.

03:18Now, in the right-hand column,

03:21write down all the things that you used to love to do in the real world,

03:25the hobbies that you do love to do but you don't do enough,

03:28or all the things that you've ever wanted to do.

03:32In this way, you can determine real-world activities that will give you dopamine for healthy pleasure,

03:39plus the serotonin and oxytocin for happiness.

03:43Make sure that these activities are important for you.

03:47This is your dopamine determination, not your brothers, not your girlfriends,

03:52you, your dopamine determination.

03:55And if you want more help figuring this out,

03:58please go over to drtrishlee.com where you can download my free guide,

04:04Reward Reset, 32 Brain Hacks, to leave the screen and reclaim your life.

04:09It'll help you figure out what you want to do.

04:12Okay, so you may not realize that you are, in fact,

04:16stuck in a cycle when you go back to social media.

04:20And the more you go back, the more you're stuck.

04:23Remember, dopamine is insatiable.

04:26I even had a client who had a tattoo that said,

04:29less is more.

04:31The more he got sucked into this cycle,

04:34he actually changed the tattoo to read,

04:38more is more.

04:39More is more is a dopamine cycle.

04:42So I want you to know,

04:44if you're having difficulty staying away from social media,

04:48gaming, or any screen-based activity,

04:51this isn't about willpower.

04:54It's about instant gratification.

04:57Your brain has been trained to hit the easy button

04:59so you can feel the pleasure of high-level,

05:03supernormal dopamine from the screen,

05:06but unfortunately, taking away from your real life.

05:10If you want to know more about the easy button,

05:12I've written about it in my number one best-selling book,

05:16Mind Over Explicit Matter.

05:18This way you can learn,

05:19when you hit the easy button,

05:21it keeps you going back for more.

05:23Now, the more stressed out you feel,

05:25the more you're going to crave this dopamine.

05:28It's important to be aware of that.

05:31So stress reduction is really important

05:34so you don't find yourself back in the screen.

05:36The way that that's played out for me is two ways,

05:40Poshmark and puppies.

05:41If you know what Poshmark is,

05:44it's where I can go to find Christian Louboutin

05:46red-bottom shoes at a great price.

05:49And I've used that for real-world rewards before.

05:53But when my stress levels go up,

05:55Poshmark calls me.

05:57The same thing with puppies.

05:59I've been eager to get a Bernie Doodle puppy.

06:02So when I'm maxed out on my work,

06:05I find myself going to the puppy website

06:08to click and look at those little cuties again.

06:12So it's really important that you get structured

06:15and stepping away from the screen.

06:17Because the more dopamine that you've gotten,

06:20the more you may experience withdrawal.

06:23That can lead to anxiety, depression,

06:26or anhedonia, the lack of feeling overall.

06:29So you have to train your brain

06:31just like that Bernie Doodle puppy.

06:34And this is how you're going to do it.

06:36Be careful with your digital dopamine detox,

06:40but structure it and step away from the screen.

06:43At the same time, add a happiness trifecta stack.

06:49What that means is you try to get

06:51as much dopamine plus serotonin and oxytocin

06:55for joy and connection from your real life.

06:58Join an activity that you've wanted to do for a long time.

07:02Go visit friends that you haven't seen.

07:04Get into your life and enjoy it.

07:07Happiness plus pleasure.

07:09After you've detoxed plus stacking,

07:12then you can stabilize.

07:14So it's important not to go for a full-blown digital detox

07:18without making sure that you're making up

07:21for those neurotransmitters from your real life.

07:24But once you've done that,

07:26then you can bring the levels of dopamine down

07:29and stabilize it into a balanced life.

07:31So remember, quitting cold turkey rarely works.

07:37This is because of the dopamine dependency

07:39at the core of screen use.

07:42So instead of quitting cold turkey, balance.

07:46The way that you can balance your screen time

07:49is by using a happiness hack that I call the three S's.

07:54It's important to set structure with a schedule

07:59and having limits that allow you to enjoy the screen time

08:05to use it as mindful motivation.

08:08But then when your alarm goes off,

08:11you come out of the screen for your screen-free times.

08:15So you want to set structure, schedule limits,

08:18and have screen-free time.

08:20If you're serious about stepping away from the screen

08:23and rewiring your brain

08:25so that you can improve your focus, clarity,

08:29offset anxiety and depression from screen time,

08:32then please go to drtrishlee.com.

08:35The link is in the description so you can check out the services

08:38that me and my team offer.

08:41We offer QEEG brain mapping.

08:43You can actually see how screens have impacted your brain.

08:47Then using advanced neuroscience and technology,

08:50we can help you rewire your brain back to optimal levels

08:55using the Dr. Trish Lee app.

08:57So I would love to help you.

08:59If you're looking for help, schedule a consultation

09:02so we can get you on track.

09:04Okay, so let's pull it all together today.

09:07First of all, you're going to do

09:09your dopamine determination activity.

09:11You're going to find out what screen activities

09:14you're going back to too much for supernormal stimuli.

09:18Then you're going to plan

09:19your happiness trifecta activities.

09:22After that, you're going to train your brain

09:25like that little puppy

09:26through a digital dopamine detox

09:29plus a happiness trifecta stack

09:33plus then moving into the stabilization period

09:37after your brain has calibrated

09:39to need less dopamine from the screen.

09:42When you're done doing that,

09:44you're going to use the 3S strategy.

09:47You're going to set a schedule

09:49with limits and structure

09:51and screen free time.

09:53So you can enjoy the time

09:54you go on the screen for motivation,

09:56but more importantly,

09:57you can enjoy your life.

10:00Now, if you want to learn more

10:01about how dopamine is affecting your brain,

10:04especially from the screen

10:05and what you can do to improve your focus

10:08and feel less stress and feel more calm,

10:12then please click the video in the corner

10:14so I can help you move forward.

10:16And as always, remember,

10:18control your brain or it'll control you.

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