Matt Gwyther

Neuro musings

Digital declutter and dopamine detox

Illustration of Neal & Matt (the authors of the eBook) looking into the distance

Escaping the Dopaminferno!

By Matt Gwyther and Neal Taylor

This is an eBook about technology and dopamine. It is also about addiction and meaning.

It’s about how our behaviour is influenced by dopamine; it’s about how our dopamine levels are influenced by technology; and it’s about what we can do about it with the ultimate aim of a leading a life aligned with our own purpose, a life undistracted by the dopamine inducing technologies that surround our daily lives.

There’s an increasing amount of information available about this topic. But where to begin? A lot of the existing material overlooks the psychological and spiritual side of this endeavour. So we have decided to make this our starting point. We have distilled and synthesized everything that we have learned so far here. But there is more to learn. Come and join us on this journey.

You can read it here online or purchase a downloadable copy.

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Part I – LET’S BEGIN

  1. Foreword
  2. Our intentions with this book
  3. Is there such a thing as a Dopamine Detox?
  4. Confrontation
  5. Our story and the prompt

    Part II – DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE
  6. Distraction – a natural distraction
  7. Distraction from a reality that cannot compete
  8. The insidious re-wiring of the brain by tech companies
  9. The effects of dopamine. Why do we want more?
  10. Digital Escapism – What are we running away from?
  11. An Underlying Anxiety – confronting a constant dis-ease
  12. Addiction and Dopamine

    Part III – TAKE CONTROL
  13. How bad is it? What can we do? Interventions based on usage
  14. Now what? Forming a new Baseline
  15. Why a detox and declutter?
  16. 7 Dopamine Detox Principles
  17. Our experiments so far
  18. Sticking to principles
  19. A spiritual approach to abstention, fasting & detoxing
  20. Relapse and transformation
  21. Intention and intentionality
  22. Bonus: Technology, anxiety, bullshit jobs and meaning

    Part IV – NOW YOU
  23. Now you!
  24. What to Expect in the Dopamine Detox Month
  25. About us
  26. Further links and references
  27. Read about the Book Launch

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