Sexualized Social Media Is More Dangerous Than Porn - Dr. Trish Leigh - #76

Dr. Trish Leigh is a neuroscientist, author, and neurofeedback specialist.What is pornography actually doing to your brain? It floods the reward system with levels of dopamine no real-world experience can match, and after only a couple of exposures — often in childhood — the brain recalibrates around the high. So why does it become so hard to stop, and what does it actually take to rewire the pattern?Expect to learn why porn qualifies as a supernormal stimulus your brain can't compete with, how dopamine desensitization quietly drives erectile dysfunction, why Dr. Leigh believes sexualized social media may be more dangerous than porn, what "strain brain" and "drain brain" reveal about screen compulsion, how neurofeedback can unwire and rewire an addicted brain, what every parent should do before handing a child a phone and much more…-Save hundreds on the best saunas on the market: HERE (use code MERRILL)Save on an amazing cold plunge: HERE (use code MERRILL)-Thank You For Listening To The Chase Merrill Podcast-Get in touch in the comments below or head: HERE-Trish's Instagram: HERETrish's Website: HERE-0:00 Is Porn Addiction Even Real?1:14 The Smoking-Industry Playbook2:45 Dopamine Dependency And Reinforcement Loops4:49 Why Age Eight Is The Real Danger5:59 Is Fitness Content Pseudo-Porn?9:42 What Healthy Dopamine Looks Like13:02 The Loneliness Loop17:47 Strain Brain vs Drain Brain21:04 Why You Keep Relapsing25:46 Cold Plunges And Earning Dopamine35:16 What "Regulated" Really Means44:34 Porn And Erectile Dysfunction54:53 Men vs Women And The Stats1:01:18 A Message For Anyone Struggling1:05:15 Protecting Kids From Screens