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Episode #28: Masturbation Machine, Porn in Your Pocket, Euphoric Recall and Cravings - Dr. Trish Leigh w/ Anna Lembke

Dr. Trish Leigh Podcast

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The Neuroscience of Addiction

The neuroscience of addiction is a very helpful frame for understanding both how we become addicted and how to get out of that. The same parts of the brain that process pleasure also process pain. And they work like opposite sides of a balance, so imagine a beam on a central fulcrum. When we do something pleasurable, it tilts to the side of pleasure. When we experience something painful, it tilTS to the sideof pain.

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