Porn Addiction & Dopamine Depletion Cycle Explained

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  • @DrTrishLeigh
    @DrTrishLeigh  14 днів тому +21

    Drop the ❌ if you're ready to break the porn cycle!

  • @champ_Aj
    @champ_Aj 14 днів тому +58

    Hitting sixth month today porn free by grace of God

    • @mohameddaoud5314
      @mohameddaoud5314 14 днів тому +1

      how long you have been addicted to porn ? did you face any struggles along the way in your recovery?

    • @aryaprabhatsingh1735
      @aryaprabhatsingh1735 14 днів тому

      G!

    • @champ_Aj
      @champ_Aj 14 днів тому

      @@mohameddaoud5314 addiction was almost severe of 1.6 dacade but by the grace of Allah swt i got rid of it. Help of Allah is the main source ✅

    • @champ_Aj
      @champ_Aj 14 днів тому

      @@mohameddaoud5314 it was severe of 1.6 dacade by the grace of Allah swt I got rid of it. Main thing is the help of Allah

    • @Kikklarios
      @Kikklarios 14 днів тому

      Thanks Champ!

  • @mekman4
    @mekman4 12 днів тому +6

    This is very concise, complete and helpful. Thank you.

  • @silviculture592
    @silviculture592 10 днів тому +6

    after reading these comments, ill never stop trying to break this habit. 17 days is my best so far and i feel worse than ever because i know my life can be better.

    • @holyboyjem
      @holyboyjem 7 днів тому +3

      Hey keep going you got this

  • @0xmahdirostami
    @0xmahdirostami 14 днів тому +51

    63 days free

    • @High707Way
      @High707Way 14 днів тому

      @@0xmahdirostami I had a 67 day streak until I relapsed 😭 I'm currently on day 4 so please don't make my mistake

    • @Legitposting
      @Legitposting 13 днів тому +2

      Great JOB! I mean that.

    • @cybermandan1960
      @cybermandan1960 13 днів тому

      Can't be? Congrats if you are

    • @Urbest_frend
      @Urbest_frend 10 днів тому

      ❌👍

    • @Daonly123
      @Daonly123 19 годин тому

      Are the urges slowing down ?

  • @godwinhn
    @godwinhn 9 днів тому +1

    Thanks a ton, Dr Trish!

  • @awaaabbiram4936
    @awaaabbiram4936 13 днів тому +15

    20 days free 🎉🎉🎉❤
    First time in 12 years 😢

  • @TheChampFighter
    @TheChampFighter 14 днів тому +11

    Keep these videos coming, doc. Please don't ever stop encouraging us.
    Also, do we need to have the headband in order to get the QEEG brain scan done via Zoom or any other online video call app?

  • @frostgamez9368
    @frostgamez9368 3 дні тому

    I’ve been suffering with a lot of stress and anxiety past few weeks and went back to looking at explicit images (haven’t masturbated) but I keep going back every day, not sure a better way to push through the stress and anxiety 😥

  • @xZOMBIFIEDx
    @xZOMBIFIEDx 14 днів тому +13

    Exposed to porn at age 5 and struggling bad as an adult mid 30s now and cant keep away from it.

    • @aryaprabhatsingh1735
      @aryaprabhatsingh1735 14 днів тому

      Ayo...

    • @TearDownThisWall
      @TearDownThisWall 14 днів тому +1

      NEVER GIVE UP!!

    • @Tha_Big_G
      @Tha_Big_G 14 днів тому +3

      Never stop trying to get out ...till death bro!!!!

    • @Legitposting
      @Legitposting 13 днів тому +2

      I put porn blockers on my phone, turn on screen time and have someone set a password you can’t guess… for both these apps. Try to resist masturbation whenever you feel the urge, start walking whenever you have that urge 10-15 mins or until it recedes. To start.

    • @lorenzor7993
      @lorenzor7993 13 днів тому

      ​@@Legitposting name of the porn blockers?

  • @christians.9645
    @christians.9645 13 днів тому +5

    I've been away from porn for almost 2 months, although I don't count day to day. If I consider the alteration that porn has had in my real life, it can be seen in a "red pill" way of seeing women, and this is the hardest thing to fight with, for me. This is made even more difficult by the lack of responsible women who want to commit themselves seriously and which leads me to fully lead a solitary life. Passions come and go and can never replace the call to which we are all called: that is, to form a family and procreate. Porn is often an escape from suffering, a toxic refuge from important experiences or shortcomings in one's life. That said, along with God, I chose chastity from anything toxic.

  • @qewtride
    @qewtride 10 днів тому +4

    78 days free

    • @DrTrishLeigh
      @DrTrishLeigh  8 днів тому +1

      Keep it up! You're doing great ;)

  • @zulqarnainhaider4739
    @zulqarnainhaider4739 13 днів тому +6

    43 days p.free but i slip 1 time in these 43 days but i m feeling great bc its a big achevment for me i will keep going

  • @mattg1889
    @mattg1889 14 днів тому +7

    Porn addiction is definitely real and so too are the damaging effects it has on you and your relationships - don't let anyone gaslight you into believing otherwise. I recently went out to the bars with some friends and felt like a shell of myself. I felt exhausted, unmotivated to talk to anyone, I just couldn't find the words and felt no pleasure in talking to anyone. It was very unlike me and I know that the daily, hour(s)-long porn and masturbation binges I've been doing for weeks had something to do with it. Porn, just like anything else you can be addicted to, makes you want nothing but more porn.

    • @Tha_Big_G
      @Tha_Big_G 14 днів тому

      God help us

    • @christians.9645
      @christians.9645 13 днів тому

      Porn has its deleterious effects but as for going out with people without the slightest desire to talk, well this is not caused by porn. If you find yourself in an unstimulating environment, with uninspiring people, it is inevitable to have little participation. Focus on yourself, start a new routine: wake up early, exercise, change the way you eat and go to bed early. Today's life does not grant everyone healthy relationships, sincere friends or pleasant realities: start to know yourself deeply, whatever beliefs you have, start looking in the mirror, stare well and start over.

    • @mattg1889
      @mattg1889 13 днів тому

      @@christians.9645 Not my first rodeo my friend, I know how I feel socializing when I'm abstaining vs. when I'm consuming porn and masturbating regularly - it's night and day. As the video explains, porn affects your dopamine system which affects the reward system. When I'm regularly binging on PMO, all I want to do is watch more porn and nothing else gives me pleasure, including socializing. It feels like I have a mental block while talking to people because I have no motivation to do so, even my best friends. It doesn't help that when I'm using PMO regularly, I tend to opt for isolation as I'm too tired and unmotivated to leave my house to socialize and my social skills will decline as well. Everything Dr. Leigh talks about is true.

    • @waynefisher4296
      @waynefisher4296 13 днів тому

      @christians.9645 WTF do you think he is trying to do. He is starting over with a new life without the very thing that is destroying his life. P#*n

    • @christians.9645
      @christians.9645 13 днів тому

      @ Friend, don't get excited. To overcome certain situations it is necessary to change friendships/habits to encourage new stimuli. He writes that he went out with some friends (therefore people he already knows) but in this specific case he should relate to new people and only in this way can he understand if there is damage caused by porn; If you are in your circle of friends you will never know. I've been there too.

  • @WillieSurvive1
    @WillieSurvive1 12 днів тому

    Dr. Leigh, I am on week #6 of no porn, masturbation, or ejaculation. Deleted my Facebook account, which I used as my gateway/trigger. No urges, and now feeling more motivation. Only problem is an uncomfortable feeling of congestion from the testicular area to the prostate area, and I’m experiencing testicular pain. Can this eventually subside?

  • @james53876
    @james53876 14 днів тому +7

    For some reason when ever I go 9 to 10 day without masturbating ill start getting stomach pain to the point where I got to do it just so it can stop hurting and it also makes me go to the bathroom to this is one terrible disease 😔

    • @therichbuddha3277
      @therichbuddha3277 14 днів тому +1

      Retention is different than PMO. Which one are you trying to do? My suggestion, quit P fully first, retain an a cycle that is comfortable for you then release, ideally with a partner.

    • @codyquinn8646
      @codyquinn8646 14 днів тому +1

      Dont listen to that shit. You arent getting stomach pain from that its something else or psychosomatic. You are fine to retain semen

    • @ajdynamo6866
      @ajdynamo6866 13 днів тому

      ​@@codyquinn8646He could be going through withdrawals.

  • @AnonIse
    @AnonIse 12 днів тому

    I'm having this issue, seriously
    What should I do drs.?

  • @keithrodrigo5292
    @keithrodrigo5292 10 днів тому +1

    i will start y journey today.
    God pls help me

  • @CesarD-d7w
    @CesarD-d7w 13 днів тому

    great inbformation here, thanks, really great video thanks for the tips, so when I finally read the updated version that Mario Volpstein pcame up with, it was the rock hard feeling that suddenly shocked my whole body into a state I forgot was possible, yeah really super charged and ready to go, goolging what he put up

  • @mohameddaoud5314
    @mohameddaoud5314 14 днів тому +5

    I’m on my 4 month free from PMO but it’s been 2 month since I started having one severe intrusive thought,is it normal? Anyone has experienced the same? Is it temporary? I need your advice doctor Trish

    • @igiornogiovannahaveadream649
      @igiornogiovannahaveadream649 14 днів тому

      What kind of intrusive thought

    • @mohameddaoud5314
      @mohameddaoud5314 14 днів тому

      @@igiornogiovannahaveadream649 it is hard to describe it, my brain just keeps reminding me of the addiction every now and then, I don't think about porn,it just kinda reminds me of the addictive behaviour if that make sense

    • @mohameddaoud5314
      @mohameddaoud5314 13 днів тому

      @@igiornogiovannahaveadream649 it's hard to describe it, I don't think about porn but my brain just keeps reminding me of the addiction ( the addictive behavior) if that makes sense

    • @mohameddaoud5314
      @mohameddaoud5314 13 днів тому

      ​@@igiornogiovannahaveadream649it's hard to describe it, I don't think of porn but my brain keeps reminding me of the addiction it reminds me of the addictive behavior if that makes sense

    • @DrTrishLeigh
      @DrTrishLeigh  7 днів тому +1

      You can find more about it, here: drtrishleigh.com/porn-addiction-recovery/ 🙌🏼

  • @SpacePiez
    @SpacePiez 13 днів тому +1

    Very helpful, thanks!

  • @kadrisengul
    @kadrisengul 14 днів тому +3

    In the past, there was Turkish support with subtitles, now why is there no

  • @redhadash
    @redhadash 13 днів тому +1

    WHAT ARE THOSE TOOLS AND STRATEGIES ?? HELP US NOT EVERYONE IN THE WORLD CAN AFFORD 1000 DOLLARS MOST OF US ARE NOT FROM USA AND EU WE HAVE POOR CURENCY AND 1000$ is alot of money its like 10 MONTHS OF SALARY WITH OUT SPENDINGS
    HELP US DOC AND THANK YOU

  • @Walkingthelight
    @Walkingthelight 14 днів тому +2

    I’ve been trying and failing. It might be time to try getting professional help.

  • @gabrielnasato4882
    @gabrielnasato4882 14 днів тому +2

    Someone should put half of this into an edit because of how inspirational this is. Kinda hyped me up.

  • @0Black0Moon0
    @0Black0Moon0 14 днів тому +1

    Can't wait to see how it feels on the other aide . 2 weeks and half. meditating with muse band is so helpful my mind become better at thinking, my awarness is better. even though I relapsed many times but i keep meditating and can feel the change ! you rock Dr. leigh ! i think this streak is the real streak

  • @High707Way
    @High707Way 14 днів тому +11

    4 Days Clean 🫧🪥

    • @therichbuddha3277
      @therichbuddha3277 14 днів тому +2

      Don't count the days, make the days count ;) ( we all suffer from this)

    • @TheChampFighter
      @TheChampFighter 14 днів тому

      Good work, man. Keep at it! Remember, this ought to be a lifestyle, just like how you eat, take a bath/shower, brush your teeth, sleep etc without anyone telling you or you thinking about it too much. The only time you need to release is in marriage with your wife. In the meantime, focus all your time and energy doing good, productive things for you, your future and your loved ones while enjoying healthy sources of dopamine, serotonin and oxytocin. 😌👌💪✝️☦️

    • @TearDownThisWall
      @TearDownThisWall 14 днів тому +2

      Keep it up! It's up to us to choose God's purpose for us or not.

  • @goziennaanamelechi3108
    @goziennaanamelechi3108 13 днів тому +1

    I neeeeeeeeed help!
    Please. I keep relapsing and im soooo tired 😪

  • @gheorghebogdan1763
    @gheorghebogdan1763 14 днів тому +1

    Thank you, even if there for me is no porn, after the month of november has past ,keep up the great work with all this so many materials, is steel helphfull, and it has been many times before.

  • @nekonesto1795
    @nekonesto1795 14 днів тому +2

    Hello Dr.Trish . I want to thank you for your videos they give us hope, and you help a lot. I have a question
    I didn't masturbate since early November, and I didn't watch any porn since 1st December, most days I feel tired and depressed, a little anxious, but I don't plan on quitting.
    I am just wondering when should I expect to feel better, have better reward system etc?

    • @gheorghebogdan1763
      @gheorghebogdan1763 14 днів тому +1

      A very good question.

    • @mohamedabdiabdullahi1633
      @mohamedabdiabdullahi1633 12 днів тому +1

      Cute off sugars in your diet

    • @gheorghebogdan1763
      @gheorghebogdan1763 12 днів тому

      @mohamedabdiabdullahi1633 That is a dream, sometimes is harder that it seams, especealy because in my case is maybe weaknes due to adhd and habit like masturbation was some years starting from 17 years old which is the yang age, than some years like 2010 to 2015 didn't masturbate in november 2024 I gave up this habit again , but steal feal the nead many times to consume what contains sugar, this habit needs to stop but there are so many ocasions when I gest can't stop consume sugar, and that is a problem.

  • @pawtube474
    @pawtube474 14 днів тому +2

    Doctor i am getting wierd jelly like feeling over my feet and physical anxiety .is it beacusr of excessive masturbation

    • @Drew-e2j
      @Drew-e2j 14 днів тому

      Yes mate it will be it gets better. Alot of us have used it to cope.

  • @amarshrivastava2753
    @amarshrivastava2753 14 днів тому +1

    So true

  • @singhprateek0611
    @singhprateek0611 14 днів тому

    May be because someone is in a dead bedroom situation?!

  • @zuma3000
    @zuma3000 14 днів тому +1

    Ma'am if i dont fap at all for two years , does this hurt me ?

    • @Kall220-m7x
      @Kall220-m7x 14 днів тому +2

      Not at all

    • @High707Way
      @High707Way 14 днів тому

      @@zuma3000 not fapping is always a good thing

  • @gheorghebogdan1763
    @gheorghebogdan1763 14 днів тому +2

    Of course ❌

  • @roshanpatel6436
    @roshanpatel6436 3 дні тому

    150 days of no porn

  • @Midwest-e3i
    @Midwest-e3i 14 днів тому

    Dr. Tish, I hope that you see and answer my question (and I appologize if I'm too explicit but I'm not sure how else to ask). Does all masturbation cause p*** related issues, or is it only connected to p*** use. Also, are these issues restricted to p*** (hardcore), or are these side-effects also attached to what might be called softcore p*** (think ladies in skimpy clothing/lingerie, sports illustrated swimsuit issues, etc.)

  • @AbdusSamad-x1p
    @AbdusSamad-x1p 14 днів тому

    How much time it take to reduce stree and a get a piecefull sleep
    And feel strong

  • @WORKOUTSOLUTIONS
    @WORKOUTSOLUTIONS 14 днів тому +5

    Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all Orthodox Christians ☀🙏✝🕊🦾😘
    🙏GOD BE WITH US AGAINST EVIL AND TEMPTATIONS 💪💍👩‍❤‍👨❤

    • @TearDownThisWall
      @TearDownThisWall 14 днів тому

      What about non-orthodox Christians or non-Christians?

  • @1999deshan
    @1999deshan 13 днів тому

    Ive found my attention span and motivation to study etc has declined so badly since my porn addiction became worse

  • @DiamondMind630
    @DiamondMind630 13 днів тому

    Dr Trish I have a question how can you tell if it is your normal sex drive or dopamine addiction?

  • @ricolearns
    @ricolearns 14 днів тому +3

    Day one. The likes I get will be the number of days I'll be clean

    • @calmwaves111
      @calmwaves111 7 днів тому +2

      Don't let the amount of likes you get determine how many days you'll be clean. Because in that case you would need at least 27,000 likes (which is 75 years at least). Be clean for life, bro. You will win. 💪

  • @samuelbrown7831
    @samuelbrown7831 13 днів тому

    ×

  • @Amr22108
    @Amr22108 14 днів тому

    🙏🏽❤

  • @Rjk554
    @Rjk554 14 днів тому

    Can we use porn in healthy way isn't their any research or scientific study that shows it

    • @christians.9645
      @christians.9645 13 днів тому +4

      There's no healthy way to use pornography.

  • @RolandRED
    @RolandRED 14 днів тому +4

    how many videos can she make basically saying the same thing over and over

    • @High707Way
      @High707Way 14 днів тому +2

      😂😂😂

    • @therichbuddha3277
      @therichbuddha3277 14 днів тому +12

      How many times do you go back to p and masturbation?

    • @High707Way
      @High707Way 14 днів тому

      @@therichbuddha3277 goated reply

    • @waynefisher4296
      @waynefisher4296 14 днів тому

      Great reply.

    • @guapo8440
      @guapo8440 14 днів тому

      @@waynefisher4296 its so more people get to see her videos, and get the support they need to quit porn

  • @fussballdenkotv2483
    @fussballdenkotv2483 14 днів тому

    ❤❤❤❤

  • @chetanyamundachali5612
    @chetanyamundachali5612 14 днів тому

    Mam,
    Could u please explain something about Virtual Porn?

  • @KaranKhanal-e5l
    @KaranKhanal-e5l 14 днів тому

  • @prajay1775
    @prajay1775 14 днів тому

    X

  • @Tha_Big_G
    @Tha_Big_G 14 днів тому +2