the truth about sexual media i'm dr trish leigh and i know you don't want to hear this
but we're going to talk about it anyways sexual media what is sexual media okay
when you go to the screen and you are simply going on to anything and we will cover that in a minute
but when you enter into any site or social media platform or app or video when you
enter in to give your brain a dopamine hit by viewing images of other people's body parts
that is sexual media you're getting a dopamine hit by viewing somebody else's body for your dopamine
pleasure in a sexual manner so let's cover let's break it down let's think about what some of those
things are clearly if you go to any pornography sites that absolutely counts now the trickle-down
effect and the continuum if you will also includes going onto social media and what i encourage
people that i work with to think about is why why are you there what are you looking at and why are
you there now if you're on facebook to connect with your grandma that's a beautiful reason to
be on facebook if you're there to look at images of other people's bodies so that you can feel a
little bit better you get that little dopamine hit that's sexual media if you are on instagram
following people for motivation like i do tons of motivational feeds that make me want to go
run five miles and work 25 hours when i get done reading it then that is a great reason but if
you're looking at anybody's body to get a dopamine hit to feel a little less stressed less bored
less overwhelmed you are only there using it as sexual media so that counts for social media if
you're on dating apps and you're not looking for a healthy partner guess what you're there for the
dopamine hit especially if you have another if you have a partner science shows most of the people on
dating apps actually have partners so you are clearly only there for the dopamine hits time
to delete the app if you are actually looking for a healthy partner go into the world to find that
person get out of the apps where you're going to get all these dopamine hits that will basically
preclude you from getting to your goal think about the why why are you there now
i'm not saying this out of judgment and there's definitely no shaming what i want you to know
is the hijacker is tricking you i know that you think you're on facebook to connect with people
but you're being hijacked you're being tricked and the way this thing shows up is you're going
to trick yourself and you're not tricking anybody else you're tricking yourself first and all the
other people that then you might lie or manipulate or give half truths or untrues or not tell it's
because you're allowing yourself to be tricked by this addiction this compulsion this dependency
it is tricking you into going back to the places where you're going to get the dopamine hits
that's sexual media stay out of it even those pesky asmr chiropractic videos that gets
my blood boiling people don't realize that the reason it boils my blood is because those
are doctors that swore to heal people's nervous systems and instead they're exploiting people's
nervous systems to damage other people's nervous systems that is some twisted stuff stay out of
those videos anything like it because those are low grade where that hijacker is going to trick
you even more and tell you you know what you're just watching chiropractic adjustments but if
you're watching chiropractic adjustments of people who are scantily clad and you're only focusing in
on those body parts you're there for the dopamine hit my friend and this is what i want you to know
every time you give your brain a dopamine hit from that media and from those images you are
reinforcing the neural pathways that take you back to them and take you back to porn sites so if
you're trying to quit and you're tricking yourself into these lower level porn adjacent sexual media
images you're just tricking yourself and you will end up at the top of the slippery slope sliding
down it again so don't trick yourself you're stronger than this you're smarter than this
you know you're being tricked don't allow yourself to run don't walk out of those videos and those
images go do something that's good for you get out into the world crank some push-ups go for a walk
call a friend and connect de-stress yourself in a healthy way offset your boredom in a healthy
way and connect with people in the real world in a healthy way your brain will thank you and your
life will literally transform that's what we're talking about here it's a transformational journey
okay if you're looking for help on the journey please reach out to me dr
trishly.com i have programs of different shapes and sizes to be able to help you
succeed with this slippery slope sexual media stuff so stay out of it stay the
course you deserve a life free from depending upon images to feel good there's a whole world
out there to make you feel good instead all right remember control your brain or it'll control you
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