Neuroscientist Explains Why You Can’t “Fix” Your Dopamine You’ve tried to fix yourself — more routines, more tracking, more control. But neuroscience shows what you’re really chasing isn’t progress… it’s another dopamine hit. When you constantly tweak, check, or perfect, your brain lights up — not from growth, but from anticipation. That’s why stillness feels unsafe. You’ve trained your nervous system to equate safety with activity. Real discipline isn’t about doing more. It’s about lea...
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Neuroscientist Explains Why You Can’t “Fix” Your Dopamine You’ve tried to fix yourself — more routines, more tracking, more control. But neuroscience shows what you’re really chasing isn’t progress… it’s another dopamine hit. When you constantly tweak, check, or perfect, your brain lights up — not from growth, but from anticipation. That’s why stillness feels unsafe. You’ve trained your nervous system to equate safety with activity. Real discipline isn’t about doing more. It’s about lea...
Episode #181: Is Masturbation Damaging Your Brain? (Part 3 of 7)
Dr. Trish Leigh Podcast
11 minutes
3 months ago
Episode #181: Is Masturbation Damaging Your Brain? (Part 3 of 7)
I wasn’t addicted to porn — but I am here because someone I love was. And that changed everything. Is Masturbation Harmless or Harmful? I’m Dr. Trish Leigh, cognitive neuroscientist and author of Mind Over Explicit Matter. On Jubilee’s Middle Ground, I sat down with porn performers and NoFap voices to bring a different perspective: not personal addiction, but years of deep neuroscience, brain maps, and real recovery work. Most porn users don't even know they're addicted—they just feel anxio...
Dr. Trish Leigh Podcast
Neuroscientist Explains Why You Can’t “Fix” Your Dopamine You’ve tried to fix yourself — more routines, more tracking, more control. But neuroscience shows what you’re really chasing isn’t progress… it’s another dopamine hit. When you constantly tweak, check, or perfect, your brain lights up — not from growth, but from anticipation. That’s why stillness feels unsafe. You’ve trained your nervous system to equate safety with activity. Real discipline isn’t about doing more. It’s about lea...
