#Episode 115: The dark Truth About How Porn Hijacks Your Life
Feb 27, 2024
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Explore the dark truth about how porn affects your brain and relationships. Learn about rewiring your brain from addiction and desensitization. Discover strategies to break free and heal from porn's grip. Dr. Trish Leigh discusses the damaging effects of porn on mental and physical health.
Porn consumption can negatively impact mental health, leading to anxiety and depression.
Brain hack strategy involving journaling helps differentiate between authentic self and ego-driven behaviors.
Deep dives
The True Voice Inside Your Head
The podcast episode discusses the importance of discerning the true voice in your head from the hijacker's voice. It emphasizes not blindly trusting the inner voice and using techniques like journaling to differentiate between Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde or the authentic self. Stress is highlighted as a factor that can disintegrate your personality, leading to unhealthy decision-making and the need for self-awareness to identify these shifts.
Brain Function Patterns and Self-Awareness
The episode delves into brain performance patterns, contrasting the optimal green zone brain pattern with the dysfunctional, strained brain pattern. It explores how different brain states influence decision-making and emotional responses. Furthermore, it discusses how consuming porn can impact mental health, leading to anxiety and depression, and encourages listeners to focus on becoming their authentic selves to heal and improve mental well-being.
Brain Hack Strategy and Self-Reflection
The podcast episode provides a brain hack strategy involving journaling to recognize behaviors stemming from the ego or Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde versus the true authentic self. It highlights the importance of giving, expanding, and staying peaceful as characteristics of the authentic self compared to fear-driven, controlling reactions. With self-awareness and self-reflection, individuals can navigate towards purposeful decision-making and avoid harmful patterns like excessive self-soothing and self-stimulation.
In this eye-opening video, we delve deep into the dark truth about how porn can negatively hijacks your brain.
From addiction to desensitization, the effects of consuming porn can be truly detrimental to one's mental and emotional well-being. Ruining your life including your relationship with your beloved ones.
Join Dr. Trish Leigh explores the science behind how porn can rewire your brain and discuss ways to break free from its grip.
Hi. I am Dr. Trish Leigh, a Cognitive Neuroscientist, and Sex Addiction Recovery Coach. I am on a mission to help people heal their brains from porn use. My podcasts are designed to help you learn that: 🎯Porn Damages Your Brain, 🎯Porn Impairs Your Mental and Physical Health, and 🎯Porn Destroys Your Relationships.
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