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}}</ref> The idea behind it is to take a break from the repetitive patterns of excitement and stimulation that can be triggered by interaction with digital technology,<ref name="twsMic111">{{cite web ▼
| author = Julie Fraga▼
| url = https://www.mic.com/p/dopamine-fasting-would-a-hiatus-from-pleasure-make-us-better-at-life-19638162▼
| title = Dopamine fasting: Would a hiatus from pleasure make us better at life?▼
| date = 2019-12-30▼
| publisher = Mic magazine▼
| access-date = 2020-01-24▼
| quote = ... “dopamine fasting” works something like this: Avoid exciting stimulation, and by doing so, become a better version of yourself....the idea that forgoing pleasurable activities can help curb bad habits, bolster happiness, and enhance self-reflection....▼
}}</ref> and that the practice of avoiding pleasurable activities can work to undo bad habits, allow time for self-reflection, and bolster personal happiness.<ref name="twsMic111" />▼
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▲The idea behind it is to take a break from the repetitive patterns of excitement and stimulation that can be triggered by interaction with digital technology,<ref name="twsMic111">{{cite web
▲ | author = Julie Fraga
▲ | url = https://www.mic.com/p/dopamine-fasting-would-a-hiatus-from-pleasure-make-us-better-at-life-19638162
▲ | title = Dopamine fasting: Would a hiatus from pleasure make us better at life?
▲ | date = 2019-12-30
▲ | publisher = Mic magazine
▲ | access-date = 2020-01-24
▲ | quote = ... “dopamine fasting” works something like this: Avoid exciting stimulation, and by doing so, become a better version of yourself....the idea that forgoing pleasurable activities can help curb bad habits, bolster happiness, and enhance self-reflection....
▲}}</ref> and that the practice of avoiding pleasurable activities can work to undo bad habits, allow time for self-reflection, and bolster personal happiness.<ref name="twsMic111" />
== Definitions ==
The practice of dopamine fasting is not clearly defined in what it entails, on what technologies, with what frequency it should be done, or how it is supposed to work.<ref name="jmgPC778" /><ref name="twsUConn111">{{cite web|author=Kim Krieger|date=January 20, 2020|title=Q&A: John Salamone On The 'Dopamine Fasting' Trend|url=https://today.uconn.edu/2020/01/qa-john-salamone-dopamine-fasting-trend/|accessdate=January 24, 2020|publisher=University of Connecticut|quote=... people deprive themselves of pleasurable activities for a day or a week at a time. Supposedly, it helps reduce anxiety and quit bad habits. But the practice is nebulously defined ....}}</ref> Some proponents limit the process to avoiding online technology; others extend it to abstaining from all work, exercise, physical contact and unnecessary conversation.<ref name="nyt"/>
According to Cameron Sepah, a proponent of the practice,<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Fei |first=Yi Yang |last2=Johnson |first2=Peter Anto |last3=Omran |first3=Noor A.L. |last4=Mardon |first4=Austin |last5=Johnson |first5=John Christy |date=January 2022 |title=Maladaptive or misunderstood? Dopamine fasting as a potential intervention for behavioral addiction |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/lim2.54 |journal=Lifestyle Medicine |language=en |volume=3 |issue=1 |doi=10.1002/lim2.54 |issn=2688-3740}}</ref> the purpose is not to literally reduce dopamine in the body<ref name="twsMarieClaire111" /> but rather to reduce impulsive behaviors that are rewarded with it.<ref name="twsMic111" /> One account suggests that the practice is about avoiding cues, such as hearing the ring of a smartphone, that can trigger impulsive behaviors, such as remaining on the smartphone after the call to play a game.<ref name="twsSR111">{{cite web|author=Ciara McCabe|date=3 January 2020|title=The next big thing: Dopamine fasting: COMMENTARY -- An expert reviews the latest craze in Silicon Valley|url=https://news.streetroots.org/2020/01/03/next-big-thing-dopamine-fasting|accessdate=January 24, 2020|publisher=Street Roots magazine|quote=...the key ... is to reduce our exposure to the triggers associated with the rewards that initiate the wanting for the rewards in the first place. After all, it is these cues that initiate the craving and the desires....}}</ref> In one sense, dopamine fasting is a reaction to technology firms which have engineered their services to keep people hooked.<ref name="twsMarieClaire111">{{cite web|author=Maria Coole|date=January 10, 2020|title=Dopamine fasting is apparently now a thing – so we looked into it|url=https://www.marieclaire.co.uk/life/health-fitness/dopamine-fasting-680083|accessdate=January 24, 2020|publisher=Marie Claire magazine|quote=...The idea of dopamine fasting originated in – where else – Silicon Valley. Yes, the place that has spent years carefully engineering and designing their products and apps to exploit the dopamine system and get us hooked ... Experts are widely skeptical too. ... dopamine plays an important role in lots of everyday functions and it’s not a good idea to try and reduce it ... that we can somehow ‘reset’ our brains by avoiding dopamine triggers for a short while is ‘nonsense’.}}</ref>
Dopamine fasting has been said{{By whom|date=August 2023}} to resemble the fasting tradition{{Which|date=August 2023}} of many religions.<ref name="twsPI111" /> An extreme form of dopamine fasting would be complete [[sensory deprivation]], where all external stimuli are removed in order to promote a sense of calm and wellbeing.<ref name="nyt">{{cite news |last1=Bowles |first1=Nellie |title=How to Feel Nothing Now, in Order to Feel More Later (Published 2019) |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/07/style/dopamine-fasting.html |access-date=17 January 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=7 November 2019}}</ref>
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