Brain Reset
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3.3 • 10 Ratings
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- $12.99
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
Anxiety, depression and addiction are the scourge of modern-day living. How are they linked? How do we beat them?
According to bestselling author and researcher David Gillespie, we are more addicted than ever before, which is playing havoc with our dopamine levels. This is fuelling epidemic-like levels of depression, anxiety and stress.
Gillespie reveals a large and robust body of research that shows how addictive activities, such as screen use, sugar consumption, drinking, gambling, shopping and smoking, spike our dopamine levels. This, in turn, affects our brain's ability to regulate our mood.
The good news is that we can break the cycle to make things better. There are myriad root causes of mental illness, many of which are beyond our control; David argues that it makes sense to tackle the thing that is within our control - our see-sawing dopamine levels.
Packed with cutting-edge research and practical advice, David's latest book arms us with the tools we need to break our addictions, conquer uncertainty and reset our brains.
Customer Reviews
Pretty good
Liked it, and agree with its message, except for the parts about babies and controlled crying etc. Strong attachment to a caregiver is how we can prime infants to have the best chance at mental health. Yes lack of sleep causes depression in mothers but a better solution would be to have mothers and babies rest together and bring in the “village” to reduce demands on the mother. I thought the parts about parenting in general were ill researched and very much driven by opinion. As for the rest of the book it presents a very good argument for the causes of anxiety and depression in modern life and but for the parenting sections would have rated it higher. Also it mentioned testosterone and how that impacts dopamine levels but didn’t much mention women’s hormones except In the section related to the pill.
Boring & uninspired
Really disappointed. I assumed this would be an innovative approach to analysing self through knowledge of the brain, leading to addiction recovery. There’s no “self” in there just further guilt about being addicted & using known methods to overcome these problems. There’s no heart. No real compassion or empathy.