Melissa Vranjes

I think no.

I don't know.

I've definitely had like seasons in my life where I've used it a lot, but...

Yeah.

I would say probably the more I've become somatic focused, like really body focused and present, and I would say in the last 10 years it hasn't been a big part of my life, no.

Okay.

So it does deliver a high dopamine hit, high speed, high intensity, high climatic point where we wire up our brains and bodies to get turned on super quickly.

And maybe by things that we're not doing in partnered play either.

So it's kind of like wiring up our body to get aroused by these things that aren't happening in coupled play, which is

When we are with a partner, there's more foreplay.

There's slowness.

There's an emotional connection.

There's exploration.

There's clunkiness.

There's making mistakes.

There's laughing.

You know, all these things that make sex a human experience.

But porn takes out all of that.

There's incredibly unrealistic expectations.

There's things that we're not seeing, like pain or uncomfortable positions or things like that.