The Porn-Imprint Trap: Why You Are What You Saw

Adolescence is when the imprint usually hits hardest. That's when the fourth circuit opens fully and looks for a template.

• But instead of guidance, most teens are fed confusion, contradiction, porn, fear, pressure, and pop culture tropes. So, the imprint locks onto whatever fills the void.
• Sometimes it's a crush, sometimes it's a role model, sometimes it's trauma.