Dr. Trish Leigh Podcast
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 even give you erectile dysfunction. Dr. Trish Leigh will teach you how porn can ruin your brain and what to do to heal it.
Podcasting since 2021 • 212 episodes
Dr. Trish Leigh Podcast
Latest Episodes
Episode #214: Porn, Dating Apps, and the Brain: What Changed
Porn, Dating Apps, and the Brain: What ChangedYou’re talking to someone great, everything looks right on paper, and still… your brain drifts. You lose interest faster than you used to. You start questioning yourself, wondering why nothi...
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Episode 214
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Episode #213: Porn, PIED, and the Illusion of Relief
The Sleep Dopamine Cycle Destroying Your BaselineYou stop the stimulation and expect relief. Instead, sleep shifts, urges spike, and fantasy gets louder. Many people interpret that as desire returning.What’s actually happening i...
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Episode 213
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Episode #212: The Sleep Dopamine Cycle Destroying Your Baseline
The Sleep Dopamine Cycle Destroying Your BaselineI want you to hear this clearly. You’re not lazy. You’re not broken. Your brain just didn’t finish recovering last night.When you stimulate your system before bed, ...
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Episode 212
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Episode #211: The Culture of Sedation — And the Loss of Human Responsiveness
The Culture of Sedation — And the Loss of Human ResponsivenessYou’re not just tired. You’re being trained to shut down.Modern life pushes your nervous system from stimulation straight into suppression — scroll, overload, collaps...
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Episode 211
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Episode #210: Why Desire and Intimacy Break Down in a High-Alert World
Your brain only allows intimacy when it predicts safety. Through the Arousal Inhibition Response (AIR), it automatically suppresses arousal when uncertainty, pressure, or unpredictability is present.Constant evaluation, stimulation, and ...
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Fan Mail
I really appreciate this podcast. I’ve struggled with porn for twenty years. I am determined to quit using this year and this podcast has been a really important part of my recovery. Thank you Dr. Trish!
Ontario, California
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