three surprising ways that porn tricks you i'm dr trish leigh let me tell you about it okay in this
video i want to share with you how porn tricks you into going back into the screen over and over
and over and in so doing literally damaging your brain structurally and functionally science shows
that pornography consumption makes your brain smaller and it deactivates your frontal lobe and
desensitizes the reward center in your brain so you no longer find your life as pleasurable
and as motivating and as fun as it could be if you didn't consume porn that's why i'm here to tell
you porn is tricky man and it tricks you in these three primary ways number one porn makes you think
that it is your friend it is not your friend it's literally your enemy and actually i don't wish
enemies on anybody and i barely believe in the concept of enemies but it is certainly not your
friend it is like a hijacker that hijacker is a wayward soul and that wayward soul jumped into
your car and booted you out of the driver's seat into the passenger seat and honestly
probably even into the back seat and that hijacker is running major aspects of your life and
i just want you to think about this for one second porn is an addiction it's highly addictive so the
way that the hijacker controls you is by making you go back for more making you consume genres
and types of videos and acts and people that you don't want to consume but now you need to
to feel okay because there's not enough dopamine in your life anymore porn's conditioned your
brain to go back into the screen and at some point you've lost control time to get the control back
porn is not your friend it is there to abuse you and to victimize you and to keep control of you
okay so moving on to number two this is what the hijacker will tell you this is how porn tricks you
porn makes it seem like it's just so complicated and not worth leaving behind number two it's too
complicated and it's not worth it so here's the real deal that is a limiting belief time is your
only asset think about this we think that we have money we have cars material possessions people
we think we have all these other assets we really don't the only asset that we have
is time and then time translates into those other assets so when you use your time to
damage your brain and to destroy your motivation and to desensitize the reward center in your
brain so you can't have fun having sex in the real world you no longer want to go to work
all you want to do is go back and watch this screen this artificial performance
that literally has been designed to hijack your brain you are giving up your most
precious asset your time so porn tricks you into thinking that that's a good use of your time
you're just relaxing you're taking the edge off you deserve it what you deserve is a full life
reaching your full potential thriving being on purpose in your work having fun doing it making
money doing it making your impact on the world doing it having engaging relationships that you
can't wait to see the people in your life you're stoked to spend time with them and it feeds your
soul and then going out and doing the hobbies that you love and feeling relaxed and calm and
full of pleasure and joy and happiness because you have the perfect neurochemical cocktail
flowing through your brain so porn tricks you into thinking it's okay to use your time consuming porn
i'm here to tell you it's not okay it's a waste of your time the precious most precious only
asset that you have time and don't waste it consuming porn and harming yourself and your
life you got to break this thing down so this is the second component here it's too complicated
it's not complicated at all it's actually very simple i want you to remember that it is simple
to stop watching porn you get committed you make a plan you get support and you do it and it might
feel challenging to you but it's actually very simple it's not complicated at all and then
this leads us to the third way that porn tricks you it shows up when you're least expecting it
those sexual cravings and urges they save you i have a brilliant idea let's watch some porn
that's the hijacker that's not you and that's why in this brain tip we're gonna meet him you're
gonna figure out what his deal and his plan is in a minute because first i want to share with you
it shows up when you least expect it so when you start getting a handle on your porn consumption
now you're sleeping in the middle of the night and you have sexual urges and cravings
and it comes in your mind that's because when you get control of it in your consciousness it's going
to show up in your unconsciousness and that is a test that you are moving in the right direction
getting stronger doing what you need to do but that tricky tricky hijacker is trying to get you
back into the screen so beware and be vigilant and stay strong okay brain tip for the day how
do we meet the hijacker how do we figure out what his mojo is the mojo is the hijacker will keep you
running in circles not moving forward so when you are on purpose in your life your life is
more like a corkscrew so you're in the center and the center originally and you're building out from
there and you're growing and you're moving forward you're always centered in the present and enjoying
where you are but you're also extending yourself into the future feeling good about that extension
so that is when you're on purpose when you're just going around in a circle that is the hijacker and
using porn is the perfect way to keep you just moving in that cycle of addiction that circle that
gets you nowhere so if you're not growing in your work if you're not happy in your relationships
and are doing new and exciting things that keep moving you forward if you're not exploring your
hobbies and building on them and moving in new directions you are stuck if you feel stuck the
hijacker has control so i want you to know that and kind of feel that so you can get to meet him
and boot him out of the driver's seat okay i hope that helps you out if you're looking for help on
this journey please i'd love to help you if it feels good go on over to drtrishleigh.com there's
programs in all shapes and sizes there for you and remember control your brain or it will control you