All right team, welcome back to the man talk show.

Connor Beaton here.

Today we're going to be diving into the topic of quitting pornography.

There's a lot of online noise around porn.

Some people say that it's the best thing ever and, you know, that it's so good, it's harmless.

Don't worry about it.

It's not doing anything to you.

And on the other end of the spectrum, people say it's destroying men.

It's completely destroying relationships.

But when you actually look at the research, when you actually dig into some of the research,

which I have done and which is what we're going to do today,

something much more interesting begins to actually reveal itself.

And if you're a man who has struggled to quit pornography, or maybe you're just somebody that's wanting to reduce your usage,

the science actually points to some very specific things that matter in reduction and that matter in quitting it. So today I want to break down five key points, five key findings from recent research on

pornography use around relationships and addiction and what you as a man need to understand

in order to either reduce your porn

usage or kick it all together. Because the truth is, quitting porn isn't just about discipline.

It's not about your willpower, right? It's about the actual psychology, what's happening

inside your brain, the relationship that you have to yourself and your partner,

and it's oftentimes about your shame. So let's start with the first major finding on that note.

The biggest relationship problem with porn isn't porn itself, it's the secrecy surrounding

porn. So the biggest relationship problem with porn isn't

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