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Dr. Alok Kanojia

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
4878 total appearances

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Huberman Lab
Unlearn Negative Thoughts & Behaviors Patterns | Dr. Alok Kanojia

And I think this is what a lot of these young men who failure to thrive, like I had one patient who was 31 years old, struggled with addiction, dropout.

Huberman Lab
Unlearn Negative Thoughts & Behaviors Patterns | Dr. Alok Kanojia

Two years later, not only is he finishing therapy school, he's becoming a therapist.

Huberman Lab
Unlearn Negative Thoughts & Behaviors Patterns | Dr. Alok Kanojia

So he's supporting himself, making about 150K a year.

Huberman Lab
Unlearn Negative Thoughts & Behaviors Patterns | Dr. Alok Kanojia

He's also writing a dystopian novel.

Huberman Lab
Unlearn Negative Thoughts & Behaviors Patterns | Dr. Alok Kanojia

Two years later, he messaged me it had been published.

Huberman Lab
Unlearn Negative Thoughts & Behaviors Patterns | Dr. Alok Kanojia

Right.

Huberman Lab
Unlearn Negative Thoughts & Behaviors Patterns | Dr. Alok Kanojia

And it's like understanding why he behaved the way that he did.

Huberman Lab
Unlearn Negative Thoughts & Behaviors Patterns | Dr. Alok Kanojia

And the more that you understand how the system works, then you can make minor adjustments and you can make it work.

Huberman Lab
Unlearn Negative Thoughts & Behaviors Patterns | Dr. Alok Kanojia

A car is really hard to move if you're not driving it and you don't know how to turn it on.

Huberman Lab
Unlearn Negative Thoughts & Behaviors Patterns | Dr. Alok Kanojia

I think the majority of people report no problems from watching pornography.

Huberman Lab
Unlearn Negative Thoughts & Behaviors Patterns | Dr. Alok Kanojia

So, you know, some people will say it's healthy.

Huberman Lab
Unlearn Negative Thoughts & Behaviors Patterns | Dr. Alok Kanojia

I don't know that it's healthy or not.

Huberman Lab
Unlearn Negative Thoughts & Behaviors Patterns | Dr. Alok Kanojia

I think it's like the way that you use it, just like any other addictive substance.

Huberman Lab
Unlearn Negative Thoughts & Behaviors Patterns | Dr. Alok Kanojia

So I don't think it is all bad.

Huberman Lab
Unlearn Negative Thoughts & Behaviors Patterns | Dr. Alok Kanojia

That being said, there are a couple of things that are really problematic.

Huberman Lab
Unlearn Negative Thoughts & Behaviors Patterns | Dr. Alok Kanojia

The first is that pornography is getting more neuroscientifically engaging.

Huberman Lab
Unlearn Negative Thoughts & Behaviors Patterns | Dr. Alok Kanojia

Here's the scariest like statistic about addiction.

Huberman Lab
Unlearn Negative Thoughts & Behaviors Patterns | Dr. Alok Kanojia

So 5% of people under the age of 30 had erectile dysfunction, maybe like 20, 30 years ago.

Huberman Lab
Unlearn Negative Thoughts & Behaviors Patterns | Dr. Alok Kanojia

That number has climbed to like 20%.

Huberman Lab
Unlearn Negative Thoughts & Behaviors Patterns | Dr. Alok Kanojia

And a lot of that erectile dysfunction, if you define what erectile dysfunction is, it is inability to maintain an erection through the completion of the sexual act.