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  • 5/25/2025
How long does it take for a brain to conquer pornography.
By
Kashif Mag
Transcript
00:00Hey, it's Dr. Trish Lee. I had an awesome question on how long does it take a brain to heal
00:06from chronically watching pornography? Awesome question, but of course the answers are generally
00:12loaded, but here we go. Okay, so the answer is that is different depending upon the specific
00:18person, but let me tell you some of the factors that matter. And let me tell you that transformation
00:23can happen pretty quickly for someone when they stop watching pornography. Okay, so the way that
00:28it works is it depends on how long you've been watching porn, how often, how intense, how much at
00:39any given sitting. So of course the longer, the more frequent, and the longer in duration, all of those
00:47things are going to impact how hardwired in your brain is towards needing pornography. And the reason
00:53that you need it is to escape a pain that you have inside that you might be aware of or not aware
00:59of. And the porn acts as a pain reliever, like an opiate in your brain for you. And that is how you
01:07get to the point where you might be, where you're watching it frequently. You've been watching it for
01:1120 years. Now you're watching it more and more per day and week, and it is getting more intense.
01:19And the level of the graphic nature or violence or into fetishes or things that cross your moral
01:28boundaries even. So that's how you know that it is becoming really hardwired in. And I'm here to tell
01:34you that I know that many men that it happens to don't totally get that that is happening within them
01:40and for them and to them. So I really that's why I'm here because I really want to help people.
01:48Okay, so how does a transformation happen? And how long can it take? Well, when you stop watching porn,
01:54it will be difficult unless you have some behavioral strategies in place that I can teach you to use
02:00that will first of all, not make it as difficult for you. Secondly, will give you something to do
02:06and to replace that habit and to help you move forward. And if you do that, within a month,
02:12you can feel and start performing differently. Things will start changing in your brain pretty
02:17quickly. Because if you're not hardwiring in that pattern, and especially if you're hardwiring in
02:22a new better one, and you're starting to rewire your brain, you can start feeling different quickly.
02:28But it takes time to really trench that new neural pathway in and have it be there for the long run.
02:35Okay, so that's the long answer. But you can feel better quickly when you stop watching porn and you
02:41start putting some different behaviors in place. Okay, I hope that helps you out. And remember,
02:46control your brain or it'll control you.

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