TJ Power

So I would say the phone is the number one thing to get in check. I also have had to come off of alcohol and things like that because for me, like I find everything way too addictive. So I've had to move towards a pretty healthy lifestyle, to be honest, in order to manage it and almost get addicted to the experience of a healthy lifestyle.

So I would say the phone is the number one thing to get in check. I also have had to come off of alcohol and things like that because for me, like I find everything way too addictive. So I've had to move towards a pretty healthy lifestyle, to be honest, in order to manage it and almost get addicted to the experience of a healthy lifestyle.

But I think for a lot of people, the domino that needs to fall is significant separation from social media.

But I think for a lot of people, the domino that needs to fall is significant separation from social media.

To just always speak in the most truthful way, I think pornography is something that's really difficult to come away from because it's a very private behavior. And none of society knows that anyone else is doing it because it's like an isolated behavior. Whereas often, if you were really heavily drinking, it would be quite apparent to your partner or your friends, family, and so on.

To just always speak in the most truthful way, I think pornography is something that's really difficult to come away from because it's a very private behavior. And none of society knows that anyone else is doing it because it's like an isolated behavior. Whereas often, if you were really heavily drinking, it would be quite apparent to your partner or your friends, family, and so on.

It's more of a shared experience. More of a shared experience. And even if you end up drinking on your own, it's going to become quite obvious to other people that you're now drinking on your own and so on. You can't hide it.

It's more of a shared experience. More of a shared experience. And even if you end up drinking on your own, it's going to become quite obvious to other people that you're now drinking on your own and so on. You can't hide it.

Whereas pornography is very easy to hide. And therefore, when I, a number of years ago, maybe...

Whereas pornography is very easy to hide. And therefore, when I, a number of years ago, maybe...

four years ago or so i started thinking okay i've got to get dialed in on the dopamine i need to like come off alcohol and for me like that was the necessary step because i couldn't manage alcohol and then it was like really think about the food think about all these different steps and then pornography was this one whereby i'd be able to come off it for a period of time but there'd always be that like temptation to re-engage with that behavior and it is like a challenging conversation to have pornography i feel like society isn't really considering it

four years ago or so i started thinking okay i've got to get dialed in on the dopamine i need to like come off alcohol and for me like that was the necessary step because i couldn't manage alcohol and then it was like really think about the food think about all these different steps and then pornography was this one whereby i'd be able to come off it for a period of time but there'd always be that like temptation to re-engage with that behavior and it is like a challenging conversation to have pornography i feel like society isn't really considering it

But in terms of the elevation in dopamine, it's absolutely insane. And in order to understand that, you only have to think about how much pleasure you experience and how rapidly you experience that pleasure when you engage with it. And then you know how big of a deal it is.

But in terms of the elevation in dopamine, it's absolutely insane. And in order to understand that, you only have to think about how much pleasure you experience and how rapidly you experience that pleasure when you engage with it. And then you know how big of a deal it is.

And when you compare, say, scrolling your Instagram reels to pornography, you'll notice you feel much more pleasurable during the pornography because of the hyper dopamine stimulation. So where alcohol, social media, porn, they've all been challenging to come away from, I would say, yeah, porn is probably the most difficult. Yeah.

And when you compare, say, scrolling your Instagram reels to pornography, you'll notice you feel much more pleasurable during the pornography because of the hyper dopamine stimulation. So where alcohol, social media, porn, they've all been challenging to come away from, I would say, yeah, porn is probably the most difficult. Yeah.

I think it's interesting this because I also wasn't someone that was like a super porn addict in terms of like, it's not like someone that would be like engaging with it all day, every day and stuff like that. I was someone that just grew up as a teenager and that was just like an option of like, oh yeah, you can watch porn. So that's like a thing you can do.

I think it's interesting this because I also wasn't someone that was like a super porn addict in terms of like, it's not like someone that would be like engaging with it all day, every day and stuff like that. I was someone that just grew up as a teenager and that was just like an option of like, oh yeah, you can watch porn. So that's like a thing you can do.

And then if I was ever engaging with the behavior of masturbation, it would be always accompanied by porn because I just thought that's the given thing. When you look at, would it be... more of a dopaminergic stimulation than social media and alcohol, I think you always have to go into like a deeper philosophical spiritual idea of

And then if I was ever engaging with the behavior of masturbation, it would be always accompanied by porn because I just thought that's the given thing. When you look at, would it be... more of a dopaminergic stimulation than social media and alcohol, I think you always have to go into like a deeper philosophical spiritual idea of