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

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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: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4gvIeA3RcI Show notes: https://www.hubermanlab.com/episode/essentials-understanding-treating-addiction-dr-anna-lembke *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 *Follow Huberman Lab* Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hubermanlab Threads: https://www.threads.net/@hubermanlab X: https://twitter.com/hubermanlab Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hubermanlab TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@hubermanlab LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-huberman Website: https://www.hubermanlab.com Newsletter: https://go.hubermanlab.com/newsletter #HubermanLab Disclaimer & Disclosures: https://www.hubermanlab.com/disclaimer