Testosterone Begins in The Brain
Feeling exhausted, unfocused, or less interested in sex? You might suspect low testosterone. But what if your testosterone levels aren't tel...
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Porn Brain Reboot with Dr. Trish Leigh
Porn has been shown to create underactivity in the frontal lobe and reward centers in the brain. Porn can increase your anxiety, depression, mood problems, strain your relationships, and eve...
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Why Quitting Porn Isn't Enough
You quit pornography. You've gone days, weeks, or even months without watching it. But the urges are still there, your focus hasn't improved...
SMART Goals to Quit Porn | Zach Carter
You set goals to quit pornography, break bad habits, or improve your life. But you keep falling back into the same patterns. Why is it so ha...
How to Make Real Life Feel Rewarding Again
When pornography, doomscrolling, and other high-dopamine behaviors keep winning your attention, real-life goals can start to feel less rewar...
Dopamine, Algorithms & Why You Can’t Put Your Phone Down | Dr. Trish Leigh Podcast with Declan Leigh (Ep. 241)
Why do you keep reaching for your phone when you know you could be doing better things? Constant scrolling may be training your brain to pre...
Why Do I Keep Watching Pornography When I Don’t Want To? (Ep. 240)
Pornography cravings can become conditioned responses to learned cues such as time, location, emotional state, and device use. Through repet...
Why Pornography Feels More Exciting Than Real Sex | Miswired Desire (Ep. 239)
Can porn affect your erections and arousal during real sex? You may still have a strong sex drive and respond easily to porn, yet struggle t...
How Your Brain Actually Recovers From Pornography Addiction (Ep. 238)
Can your brain recover after years of pornography addiction? Even after quitting porn, cravings, low motivation, and old reward patterns can...
A Streak Is Not a Porn Recovery Plan (Ep. 237)
Why do you still crave porn after weeks of staying porn-free? A streak can track your progress, while your brain may still be responding to...
Why Your Brain Wants Porn More Than It Likes It (Ep. 236)
Why Your Brain Wants Porn More Than It Likes It Have you ever desperately wanted to watch porn, only to realize you weren’t even enjoying it...
Episode #235: How to Rewire Your Brain After Porn Addiction | The Neuroscience of Recovery
Can your brain recover from porn addiction? Yes. Your brain is constantly changing through neuroplasticity—the same process that allowed por...
Episode #234: The 4 Brain Loops Keeping You Hooked on Porn
If you keep going back to porn even though you want to stop, your brain may be running four powerful loops: 🔁 Access — repeated cues like y...
Episode #233: Your Brain Predicts Porn Before You Choose It
Have you ever finished watching pornography and thought, "I don't even remember deciding to do that?" Your Brain Predicts Porn Before You Ch...
Episode #232: Is Gooning Training Your Brain Away From Real Sex?
Porn still works. So why does real intimacy feel harder? You can get aroused alone, but with a partner, you lose focus, struggle to stay res...
Episode #231: Do This Before You Open Another Porn Tab (5-Step Emergency Protocol)
If you're about to open another porn tab... pause. The next 10 minutes matter more than you think. Most binges don't happen because you sudd...
Episode #230: How Long Does Dopamine Take to Recover After Gooning? (Real Timeline)
How long does it actually take your brain to recover after gooning? 7 days? 30 days? 90 days? Dopamine doesn’t suddenly “reset.” Recovery ha...
Episode #229: What Gooning Does To Your Brain | The Science of Porn Addiction and Dopamine Hijack
You open porn, planning to watch for a few minutes. Then hours disappear. It's not just a self-control problem. Repeated overstimulation tra...
Episode #228: Can Retatrutide Help Addiction? The Science Behind Dopamine and Cravings
Most people think addiction is about the substance. Alcohol. Porn. Nicotine. Gambling. Food. It's not. It's about the brain. Every hit flood...
Episode #227: Does Quitting Porn Increase Testosterone?
"I think my testosterone is low." Your drive isn't what it was. You don't feel like yourself. Here's what you're missing: It didn't start wi...
Episode #226: How to Quit Porn Permanently
You've quit before. A week. A month. Even 90 days. So why do you keep ending up back where you started? Most people think they're trying to...