Dr. Trish Leigh Podcast

Episode #24: No More Alphabet Soup - Become the Best Version of Yourself - Dr. Trish Leigh with Josh Hudson

Oct 21, 2021
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ANECDOTE

Helping Friend Reveal Porn Addiction

  • Dr. Trish Leigh helped a friend with anxiety and brain fog who was secretly struggling with heavy porn use.
  • After months of targeted help and brain training, he significantly improved, inspiring her to share this secret to others.
INSIGHT

Neurochemistry of Porn Addiction

  • Porn disrupts the brain's delicate balance of neurotransmitters like dopamine, serotonin and oxytocin.
  • It rapidly shifts brain electrical activity causing spikes and crashes that numb and stress the nervous system.
ADVICE

Break Porn Trigger Fast

  • Learn healthy stress and boredom regulation to avoid the porn addiction trigger cycle.
  • At the first intrusive porn-related thought, act quickly to break the dopamine cascade and prevent relapse.
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