Chronic porn addiction is one of the fastest growing addictions in the world.
And it's destroying your relationships, focus, and motivation.
Here's how:
And it's destroying your relationships, focus, and motivation.
Here's how:
We live in a sad reality,
Porn use has become so widely accepted that most people just "assume" you already watch it.
One of the reasons is because most people see it as something harmless that people just "do".
They couldn't be more wrong.
Porn use has become so widely accepted that most people just "assume" you already watch it.
One of the reasons is because most people see it as something harmless that people just "do".
They couldn't be more wrong.
1. The novelty and accessibility of porn is a HUGE dopamine spike.
Your brain has a limited pool of available dopamine circulating at any point in time.
This is your "baseline".
When your baseline is normal/optimal your feel motivated, energized, and focused.
Your brain has a limited pool of available dopamine circulating at any point in time.
This is your "baseline".
When your baseline is normal/optimal your feel motivated, energized, and focused.
When you watch porn,
You get a huge spike to your baseline levels of dopamine.
But with each spike above baseline there's a subsequent drop below baseline.
This is called the opponent process theory.
You get a huge spike to your baseline levels of dopamine.
But with each spike above baseline there's a subsequent drop below baseline.
This is called the opponent process theory.
In normal circumstances,
This rise and drop would happen periodically, then it returns to baseline.
But with chronic use,
You don't give your baseline enough time to return to normal and you essentially dig the hole deeper and deeper.
This rise and drop would happen periodically, then it returns to baseline.
But with chronic use,
You don't give your baseline enough time to return to normal and you essentially dig the hole deeper and deeper.
This eventually begins to reset your baselines to lower than normal levels.
Leaving you in a dopamine depleted state.
Some symptoms of this includes:
• Anxiety
• Always tired
• Low sex drive
• Low motivation
• Trouble sleeping
• Can't concentrate
• Nothing seems fun
Leaving you in a dopamine depleted state.
Some symptoms of this includes:
• Anxiety
• Always tired
• Low sex drive
• Low motivation
• Trouble sleeping
• Can't concentrate
• Nothing seems fun
2. Chronic porn use downregulates dopamine receptors.
Your body craves homeostasis, or in other words, balance.
It doesn't like you riding high 24/7 any more than it does you being in a low mood.
Your body craves homeostasis, or in other words, balance.
It doesn't like you riding high 24/7 any more than it does you being in a low mood.
So to compensate for the constant spikes in dopamine,
Your brain begins to shut down dopamine receptors.
These are the parts of the synapses in the brain that allows dopamine signals to transfer from one neuron to another.
Your brain begins to shut down dopamine receptors.
These are the parts of the synapses in the brain that allows dopamine signals to transfer from one neuron to another.
Less receptors means less sensitivity to dopamine releases.
But this isn't just less sensitivity to porn's dopamine,
It to ALL dopamine releases.
This coupled with the dopamine depleted state mentioned earlier makes for a nasty combo.
But this isn't just less sensitivity to porn's dopamine,
It to ALL dopamine releases.
This coupled with the dopamine depleted state mentioned earlier makes for a nasty combo.
3. Chronic porn use rewires your reward/desire pathways.
An important trait of dopamine is its role in conditioned learning.
High dopamine releases make the connections in your brain more malleable and promotes changes.
An important trait of dopamine is its role in conditioned learning.
High dopamine releases make the connections in your brain more malleable and promotes changes.
These changes,
In response to the dopamine depleted state and the downregulated receptors,
Begin to rewire your brain to prefer porn over all else, even real sex.
Because natural stimulus can't compete with these chronically strengthened connections created from porn.
In response to the dopamine depleted state and the downregulated receptors,
Begin to rewire your brain to prefer porn over all else, even real sex.
Because natural stimulus can't compete with these chronically strengthened connections created from porn.
To your brain, nothing compares to the dopamine rush of porn.
It begins to see porn as the solution to all your problems.
Bored? Watch porn
Stressed? Watch porn
Want to relax? Watch porn
Why have a relationship with a real person when you can have a new pixel one every night?
It begins to see porn as the solution to all your problems.
Bored? Watch porn
Stressed? Watch porn
Want to relax? Watch porn
Why have a relationship with a real person when you can have a new pixel one every night?
So what does all of these mean in summary?
Chronic porn use saps you of motivation, drive and energy, and robs of of the ability to feel joy or desire towards things that are not porn.
And even that eventually fades to just watching porn because of conditioned habits.
Chronic porn use saps you of motivation, drive and energy, and robs of of the ability to feel joy or desire towards things that are not porn.
And even that eventually fades to just watching porn because of conditioned habits.
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