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Ep 22| The Psychology of Pornographic addiction, how it rewires the Brain and why you don’t just stop consuming it. ~ Addiction Series

Season 2, Ep. 12
Pornography is one of the most consumed forms of media in the world—yet one of the least honestly examined.

For many, exposure begins young. Long before the brain is fully formed. Long before intimacy, boundaries, or self-control are understood. And what starts as curiosity often becomes a quiet habit… then a pattern… then something harder to walk away from than expected.

This Addiction Series at The Triage Table doesn’t moralize or sensationalize. It slows the conversation down and asks better questions.

What does pornography actually do to the brain?

Why does it shape habits, attention, desire, and emotional regulation?

How does it affect relationships, identity, and mental health—often without people realizing it?

And why is quitting not simply a matter of willpower?

This series breaks pornography down as a psychological, neurological, relational, and cultural phenomenon—one episode at a time. Not to shame. Not to excuse. But to understand.

Because what we don’t examine quietly shapes us.

Pull up a seat at the table.


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