TJ Power

It's not the pornography that's also needed. And if you go through the process of masturbating without pornography, you also notice the same dopamine curve of your earning the reward, and it's a slower process, and you have to get yourself into that experience.

It's not the pornography that's also needed. And if you go through the process of masturbating without pornography, you also notice the same dopamine curve of your earning the reward, and it's a slower process, and you have to get yourself into that experience.

Eventually you experience the rise of dopamine, you feel pleasure, and afterwards you don't feel this really deflated, flat feeling that you do when you watch porn. And it's really important to understand that someone can just go through a period of time of utilizing their imagination whenever they're seeking for that activity. If it's impossible with your imagination, you could look at a photo.

Eventually you experience the rise of dopamine, you feel pleasure, and afterwards you don't feel this really deflated, flat feeling that you do when you watch porn. And it's really important to understand that someone can just go through a period of time of utilizing their imagination whenever they're seeking for that activity. If it's impossible with your imagination, you could look at a photo.

But similar to that example I gave earlier, where at night you're trying to go towards long form content over short form, with pornography, you're just trying to get away from really rapid stimulation.

But similar to that example I gave earlier, where at night you're trying to go towards long form content over short form, with pornography, you're just trying to get away from really rapid stimulation.

So if reducing it down to one video was like the possible thing to do, then reducing it down to a picture, then going down to your imagination, that progressive journey, if you're finding it super addictive and super hard to quit, would be a path that you could follow.

So if reducing it down to one video was like the possible thing to do, then reducing it down to a picture, then going down to your imagination, that progressive journey, if you're finding it super addictive and super hard to quit, would be a path that you could follow.

And the judgment piece, on all this dopamine stuff is so important to consider. Like I would have zero judgment for yourself if you currently wake up and scroll your phone for an hour or if you eat a lot of sugar or if you watch pornography all the time. We didn't all wake up one day as babies and set up the world that we're all living in today. We've just been born into it.

And the judgment piece, on all this dopamine stuff is so important to consider. Like I would have zero judgment for yourself if you currently wake up and scroll your phone for an hour or if you eat a lot of sugar or if you watch pornography all the time. We didn't all wake up one day as babies and set up the world that we're all living in today. We've just been born into it.

These are the options we have. Dopamine is a chemical that the human being so deeply desires and we've now been given very quick ways to access it. There is no judgment. I over engaged with everything. worse than probably everyone that's listening.

These are the options we have. Dopamine is a chemical that the human being so deeply desires and we've now been given very quick ways to access it. There is no judgment. I over engaged with everything. worse than probably everyone that's listening.

And it's really important to understand that there is a path where you can come away from judging yourself from it, but start considering, is this ultimately leading to me having my happiest experience alive? The only reason people are sitting and listening to these podcasts is because they want to learn. They want to feel happier or more fulfilled or more connected to people, whatever it may be.

And it's really important to understand that there is a path where you can come away from judging yourself from it, but start considering, is this ultimately leading to me having my happiest experience alive? The only reason people are sitting and listening to these podcasts is because they want to learn. They want to feel happier or more fulfilled or more connected to people, whatever it may be.

And this is a fundamental component, optimizing our dopamine and getting it back into balance.

And this is a fundamental component, optimizing our dopamine and getting it back into balance.

Definitely. My partner and I met earlier this year and it was definitely a conversation we had. I spent the last five years coming off it. A few years ago, I really cut the cord and there would be these moments where once a month, once every two months, I'd be sitting there thinking, oh yeah, I could watch pornography. I could have that stimulation, that de-stress as we talked about before.

Definitely. My partner and I met earlier this year and it was definitely a conversation we had. I spent the last five years coming off it. A few years ago, I really cut the cord and there would be these moments where once a month, once every two months, I'd be sitting there thinking, oh yeah, I could watch pornography. I could have that stimulation, that de-stress as we talked about before.

and having a good open dialogue around this is why I used to engage with it, this is how we could potentially like enhance our sex life and our experience together in order to fulfill that aspect of what you're seeking for in porn. I think many people are struggling with things like their sex drive and their sexual connection with their partners and porn is just the easy outlet.

and having a good open dialogue around this is why I used to engage with it, this is how we could potentially like enhance our sex life and our experience together in order to fulfill that aspect of what you're seeking for in porn. I think many people are struggling with things like their sex drive and their sexual connection with their partners and porn is just the easy outlet.