What Anna Lembke has said about Psychological trauma
1 quote · 1 episode · Nov 9, 2026
Anna Lembke, Stanford psychiatrist and author of Dopamine Nation, has been quoted on Psychological trauma once in 1 episode of Huberman Lab, most recently on November 9, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Lembke argues that searching for the reasons behind an addiction is unproductive early on, and trauma work should follow early recovery.
“For people to really be able to process the trauma that might be contributing to the addiction, they first need to get into at least early recovery”
Huberman Lab: Overcome Addictions & Obsessions of All Kinds | Dr. Anna Lembke (Nov 9, 2026) · Listen from 29:58
Episodes
Overcome Addictions & Obsessions of All Kinds | Dr. Anna LembkeHuberman Lab · Nov 9, 2026 · 2 h 17 min
Andrew Huberman and psychiatrist Anna Lembke discuss dopamine, addiction as an addiction to control, spiritual surrender, codependency, and treatments including GLP-1s and ketamine.
Others on Psychological trauma
- Aimie Apigian · 3 quotes
- Bugzy Malone · 2 quotes
- Mayim Bialik · 2 quotes
- Salim Najjar · 1 quote
Anna Lembke on other topics
- Addiction and recovery · 4 quotes
- Codependency and love addiction · 2 quotes
- Spiritual surrender · 2 quotes
- Social media and adolescent mental health · 2 quotes
- GLP-1 receptor agonists · 1 quote
- Ketamine · 1 quote
- Psychedelic therapy · 1 quote
- Periaqueductal gray · 1 quote