Why People Are Addicted to Control, Not the Drug | Dr. Anna Lembke & Dr. Andrew Huberman

Dr. Anna Lembke and Dr. Andrew Huberman discuss addiction to control, how it fuels anxiety and shame, and radical surrender as the antidote. Dr. Anna Lembke is chief of the Addiction Medicine Dual Diagnosis Clinic at Stanford and a leading expert in how to overcome addictions of all kinds. 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://youtu.be/wbJ_Q1xsDHg Show notes: https://www.hubermanlab.com/episode/overcome-addictions-and-obsessions-of-all-kinds-anna-lembke?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_content=description+link *Timestamps* 00:00 Addiction to Control 00:26 Mind Maps & Prediction 01:43 Modern Levers of Control 02:52 Gambling & Loss Chasing 04:07 Anxiety, Perfectionism & Shame 05:51 Radical Surrender 06:15 Securing Future Feeling States 08:04 Healthy vs Unhealthy Control 09:59 Boredom & Engineered Uncertainty 10:50 Spirituality Network & Surrender #HubermanLab #AnnaLembke #AndrewHuberman #Addiction #Anxiety #Dopamine #Shame #Control Disclaimer & Disclosures: https://www.hubermanlab.com/disclaimer