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• botany created: ‘2026-05-04 14:40’ last_modified: ‘2026-05-04 14:40:00’ status: evergreen confidence: stable

Dopamine detoxes reset reward baselines

Temporarily abstaining from high-stimulation digital activities allows down-regulated dopamine receptors to recover, making analog activities enjoyable again. Gardening grounds mental health in physical reality by providing healthy, slow stimulation.¹

Footnotes

1. Lembke, A. (2021). Dopamine Nation. ↩