※ This video is part of the broadcast on February 17, 2024, “Your Precious Body - Manage Dopamine, a Habit That Ruins Your Brain!”. Are you addicted to dopamine if you can’t stand boredom for even a moment and chase pleasure? These days, you can get stimulating pleasure anytime and anywhere with just a snap of your fingers, such as through short-form content, shopping, and games. If your daily life is dominated by actions that started with “just a cup of coffee” or “just a short-form moment,” and you drink coffee without stopping and stare at your smartphone screen for 3-4 hours, you are addicted to dopamine. Unlike the primitive era, when it took a lot of time and effort to get what you wanted, in modern society, with material abundance and technological advancement, you can get dopamine, the so-called happiness hormone, more easily and quickly if you just want to. With one click, the food you want to eat is delivered to your doorstep, and when you think of coffee, there is a cafe wherever you turn your head. The brain, accustomed to immediate pleasure and enjoyment, wants faster and more intense stimulation. Because it is a daily behavior, it is difficult to recognize it as a problem. However, if daily life is dominated by dopamine, it can lead to decreased attention and concentration as well as brain damage. In episode 40, 'Habits that ruin the brain, manage dopamine', we will correct the misunderstanding about dopamine, which has been emphasized only for its role in providing pleasure, and provide more accurate information about dopamine, such as special solutions to escape from bad lifestyle habits and addiction. 10 cups a day is the basic, you need to drink coffee to stay sharp 30 years of coffee experience, office worker Lee Yeon-suk (52 years old). Yeon-suk has been drinking coffee every day for 30 years. Starting with morning coffee to wake up, and drinking it until the evening to finish work, coffee has been her best friend in life. However, at some point, even if she drinks coffee, she can't wake up and her head feels dizzy. Is it not enough? Two cups, three cups, four cups... The amount of coffee increases to ten cups before she knows it, and Yeon-suk's body starts to show problems. Yeon-suk, who visited the hospital half-believing that it was because of the coffee, hears about the dangers of caffeine addiction that stimulates dopamine... Can she escape dopamine addiction before drinking twenty cups? Watching short-form videos for 4-5 hours every day, her hands move without her knowing it Office worker Hong Dae-kyung (29 years old) spends 90% of his alone time watching short-form videos. When he is bored or has to wait for something, his hands play short-form videos before his brain does. Short-form videos, which are videos less than a minute long, are the easiest dopamine stimulants anytime, anywhere. At first, he watched short-form videos in his spare time, but now he has no time because he is watching short-form videos. Although they are short-form videos that are less than a minute long, once he starts watching them, he basically watches them for three or four hours. Even when he tries to read a book or study, he can't concentrate for more than 10 minutes and goes back to watching short-form videos. Worried that his concentration and memory are declining, Dae-kyung visits the hospital and hears shocking test results along with short-form addiction. A man who was proud of his big appetite becomes addicted to binge eating. Physical therapist Jeong Jae-moon (25 years old) with a great appetite. “I eat until my internal organs cry out for help.” Jae-moon takes pride in eating more than others. He eats pizza, pasta, and ice cream for dessert, and on days when he meets friends, he eats sushi, meat, hamburgers, and shaved ice in that order. He used to feel the bliss of dopamine bursting when he ate until his stomach was full, but one day, he became unable to control himself. Jae-moon, who couldn’t resist the urge to eat even though he should stop, eventually went to the hospital and heard the shocking results after an EEG test. Time to wake up the brain that is addicted, dopamine management method. The best psychiatrist in Korea and a time management expert have come together to help three cases of dopamine addiction, which is medicine if used well and poison if used excessively, and whose daily lives are in danger! From tests and diagnoses to identify the problems of the cases, to customized 'ㅁ,ㄷ,ㅅ solutions' for each addiction to escape from addiction, and even the correct way to execute plans. A 3-week solution to prevent brain damage caused by 'dopamine addiction' and to escape from addiction and regain a healthy daily life begins. What changes will they experience? ✔ Program name: Your Precious Body - Manage dopamine, a habit that ruins the brain! ✔ Broadcast date: 2024.02.17 #YourPreciousBody #CholladaeDocumentary #Dopamine #ShortForm #Food #EatingShow #Coffee #CaffeineAddiction #WithdrawalSymptoms #AddictionSymptoms