Anna Lembke

"Resettling Your Brain in the Age of Cheap Pleasures"--

Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence

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Victoria

The paradox is that hedonism, the pursuit of pleasure for its own sake, leads to anhedonia, which is the inability to enjoy pleasure of any kind.

Today, I’m finally okay with being a somewhat anxious, slightly depressed skeptic. I’m a person who needs friction, a challenge, something to work for or fight against. I won’t whittle myself down to fit the world. Should any of us?

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