How to Beat Social Media Addiction | Dr. Anna Lempke & Dr.Andrew Huberman

Dr. Anna Lempke & Dr.Andrew Huberman discuss social media, the ways in which it can addict users, and ways to lessen dependency on social media (and mobile phones generally) in day-to-day life.

Dr. Anna Lembke, MD, is the Chief of the Stanford Addiction Medicine Dual Diagnosis Clinic at Stanford University School of Medicine.. Dr. Andrew Huberman is a tenured professor of neurobiology and ophthalmology at Stanford University School of Medicine and host of the Huberman Lab podcast.

Watch the full episode:    • Essentials: Understanding & Treating Addic...  
Show notes: https://www.hubermanlab.com/episode/e...

Timestamps
00:00 How Addictive is Social Media?
01:27 Nobody Notices They're Becoming Addicted
02:21 Using General Recovery Principles for Social Media
03:08 The Prevalence of Phone Overuse in All Areas of Life
03:51 Our Online Personas are Infantile
04:40 Managing Moderate Phone Overuse
05:24 Social Pressure to Always be Online
07:21 Finding Time Each Day to Unplug
08:36 The Importance of Undisrupted Thought

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