Outside of work, the average person spends over three hours a day on screens—scrolling social media, gaming, or consuming explicit content.
You tell yourself it’s a break… but somehow an hour disappears, and you’re left feeling wired, restless, and oddly empty.
That’s not a willpower problem.
That’s dopamine dysregulation.
In this episode of Saturday Neuroscience, Dr. Trish Leigh, cognitive neuroscientist, explains what happens in the brain when pornography, video games, and social media repeatedly overstimulate the reward system—and how to rewire your brain back to balance.
This is not motivation talk.
This is real neuroscience, explained clearly, with practical steps you can start using today.
What You’ll Learn
✔️ What homeostasis actually means for brain chemistry
✔️ How dopamine dysregulation creates fatigue, anxiety, and low motivation
✔️ The brainwave patterns seen on QEEG in compulsive screen use
✔️ Why reward centers run hot while the prefrontal cortex runs low
✔️ How to retrain your brain for real-world satisfaction
✔️ A practical neuroscience tool to interrupt craving loops
💡 Inside the Explicit Matter Recovery Program, Dr. Trish uses brain mapping, neurofeedback, and evidence-based strategies to calm craving circuits and strengthen self-control.
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CHAPTERS
0:03 – Your brain on dopamine overstimulation
0:49 – Why it’s not willpower (it’s wiring)
1:26 – Homeostasis & the dopamine loop explained
2:44 – The pleasure–pain paradox in the brain
3:52 – What QEEG shows in compulsive screen users
5:07 – Why porn, gaming & scrolling feel the same to your brain
6:34 – Neuroplasticity: how the brain actually rewires
7:02 – The 3R System to interrupt cravings
8:01 – Rebalancing dopamine for real-world motivation
8:36 – Explicit Matter Recovery Program & next steps
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What’s your question
How much time a teenager Masterbate in a month please answered
At beginning introduced to internet, gaming, online video it’s so fun. After some times, it created a void, that cant be filled. Thanks for the video.
The term ‘neurocurrency’ hits on spot. Great awareness. Thank you.
Hii I am from india can you give me your Instagram id
“Why I Feel Empty” ??? I feel Empty, Ugly & Worthless because the 38 women who have rejected me in the last 60 years have turned me into a broken old man. All these men who are “happily married” or have women to go home to wouldn’t be so smug if they were on their own. Porn & Prostitution exists for men like me. Men who couldn’t get a woman in a thousand years. Happy Saturday Night Trish !
I understand quitting video games and scrolling it’s a recent phenomenon in our biology I’m not justifying explicit videos but we are wired to find naked people attractive how do you get around that
It’s actually all about not seeing it too much as 100 years ago people wouldn’t see naked people in a click of a button sex is good and natural but don’t do it too much as it’ll ruin you.
Production quality going crazy
So sick of that what the hell is wrong with video games ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!!!!!!!
Thank you for this video. This is an epidemic in society right now. Surrender your life to the Lord Jesus. Then surrender your habit, such as porn. And ONLY after asking the Lord if you can do it again. Watch, it will not be fun anymore. The desire will leave.
Hi Trish. Very often in your videos you talk about reconnecting with your partner and sharing intimacy with them, but what about people who don’t have a partner? I’m a 21 year old man, have never had a relationship and I am struggling with porn addiction. It’s hard to tell if it was the addiction which made it difficult to find a partner, or if I got addicted because I was lonely in the first place. Would you please make a video on how to deal with this addiction when you’re single and inexperienced?
brother this channel is gatekeeping maxx, if you seek a real advice ask your parents or a doctor/psychologist/professional and a MALE, dont ever take advices about men topic from a female
video games are good,
Does porn make you want stay single and not trying dating or even approaching girls?