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Field Report: I Tried a Dopamine Detox (It Was Grim)

Field Report: I Tried a Dopamine Detox (It Was Grim)

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Absolute lol Brick have given me a code : https://www.getbrick.app/ROSE90330

It may not get you any more of a discount that you can get yourselves (I haven't clicked it yet), and they may request that I take it down after listening to this episode. But hey ho. The show notes are looking professional this week.


Field Report of the dopamine detox experiment. I tested three “highly scientific” methods in my most dangerous scrolling window: 7–10pm after the girls are asleep.


What I tried:


  • Night 1: full raw-dog detox (no phone, no TV, no music, no book… just vibes and existential dread)
  • Night 2: reading instead (Kindle + a dangerously moorish fantasy romance)
  • Night 3: TV without the phone (feat. the Bonnie Blue documentary and a sudden moral debate I wasn’t prepared for)


We also cover:


  • why “doing nothing” is a rich man’s hobby
  • the weird way scrolling has ruined reading
  • why watching a whole film now feels like personal growth
  • sex being transactional across human history (lightly… then not lightly)
  • Flatmate’s Field Notes: my husband’s unhinged business analysis of Bonnie Blue
  • Find of the Week: Brick (a physical gadget that blocks apps unless you walk to it)
  • Fail of the Week: realising I’m not enjoying reading like I used to (rude)


If you tried a dopamine detox too, I want your results. And if you’ve used Brick, please report to the group chat (my DMs).


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