Porn, Dating Apps, and the Brain: What Changed (opens in new tab)

You’re talking to someone great, everything looks right on paper, and still… your brain drifts. You lose interest faster than you used to. You start questioning yourself, wondering why nothing seems to stick anymore. I see this all the time. Your brain has been trained on constant novelty. Scrolling, switching, endless options, stimulation on demand. It wires your reward system to expect something new, something faster, something more intense. So when you’re in front of a real person, your ...