The 'Dopamine Detox' trend needs to end.

Dopamine detoxing is super popular - with many people claiming that it can completely "reset" your brain. Unfortunately, there are a whole load of misconceptions that it brings along with it - some of which can be quite dangerous. Find me on: 🧠Discord -   / discord   🎁 Patreon -   / fads0   📸 Instagram -   / whoisfads   -- ----- --- As usual, here are references & sources: Dopamine fasting: Misunderstanding science spawns a maladaptive fad - https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/d... Dopamine reward prediction error coding - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti... The neural basis of delayed gratification - https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/s... Dopamine as a Prolactin (PRL) Inhibitor - https://academic.oup.com/edrv/article... Liking, Wanting and the Incentive-Sensitization Theory of Addiction - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...