Episode #39: Neuroplasticity of Porn Addiction - Dr. Trish Leigh
Feb 28, 2022
This podcast explores the neuroplasticity of porn addiction and how repeated behaviors can wire specific neural pathways. It discusses overcoming addiction through anti-heavian learning, the negative impact of porn addiction, and the power of positive feedback loops. The podcast also offers strategies to unlock neuroplasticity, replace negative habits with positive ones, and provides resources to help overcome addiction and prevent children from getting hooked on porn.
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Neuroplasticity and Habit Formation
Neuroplasticity means the brain's ability to change over time through repeated behaviors and experiences.
Dr. Trish Leigh explains it as "Neurons that fire together, wire together," showing how habits form neural pathways.
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Dopamine Flooding and Youth Impact
Porn use floods the brain with dopamine far beyond natural levels, especially affecting young brains.
Early exposure strongly wires the porn brain pattern into neural pathways, making habit formation deep and fast.
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Rewire Brain with New Habits
To undo unhealthy porn neural pathways, stop using them and consistently build new healthy pathways.
It’s challenging initially, but over time the new brain pathways harden, replacing the old ones like paths in sand.
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In this video, we're going to talk about neuroplasticity and some important concepts that you're using daily, whether you know it or not, to wire into your brain the porn brain pattern through continual use. At the end of this video, I'm going to show you how to unwire that pattern, rewire your brain for healthy sexuality and healthy de-stressing mechanisms, and then how to keep that pattern being hardwired in for the long run so you can ride off into the sunset.
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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.
Subscribe to this channel for 🧠 tips to: ✅Quit Porn for Good ✅Heal Your Brain from Porn ✅Get Motivated in Your Life ✅Repair Your Mental & Physical Health ✅Heal Erectile Dysfunction
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