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Dopamine and Social Media

The drive to be socially accepted is intertwined with our basics needs for sex and security, but it goes deeper than that. We have a basic need to be accepted. According to Nathan Dewall, a psychologist at the University of Kentucky, “People who feel isolated and lonely and excluded tend to have poor physical health. They […]

Introduction to Me

Introduction to Me

My name is Greg Kamphuis. I am the creator of the Dopamine Challenge, and  I am the only person to have done it once before. The first time I did a dopamine fast I was pretty desperate. I was living in Cambodia and trying to start a website about conscious consumerism. I was (and still […]

T minus 3 Days

T minus 3 Days

This journal entry is mostly to show everyone what the journal entry section looks like. It will be the easiest to keep track of if you title your entries Day1, Day2, Day3, etc. The content of your entry can be whatever you want. Even if you just write, ‘made it for another day’, that is […]