You may have porn on your mind, but here’s what you need to know about…
Your brain produces the best drugs on the street.
When you watch porn, your brain releases dopamine and oxytocin. Dopamine is a “feel good” chemical and oxytocin is an “attachment” chemical. (Mothers are flooded with it when they give birth. This chemical is also released when you have real sex.)
When your brain is flooded with dopamine, it builds a tolerance for it.
This is why watching porn is an escalating and addictive behavior. You need more porn and more explicit porn to get the same dopamine bump. (And let’s not forget that oxytocin that is building a bond between you and pornography.)
While all that is happening, your view of women (or men) and your view of sex is being twisted and distorted.
For instance, you’re gonna be looking at real people in your life and just seeing them as sex objects as you wonder what’s under all those clothes and what they are like in bed. Not the kinda thoughts that lead to healthy relationships.
Pornography affects real-life relationships.
Using pornography is connected with less satisfaction in relationships, fewer close relationships, more loneliness, and more depression.
Don’t settle for fake sex.
Don’t end up in a place where you feel like real sex in a relationship doesn’t compare to porn. You can get help. You can connect (or find) the person you care about most.
Fight The New Drug
“Fight the New Drug is a non-religious organization that exists to provide individuals the opportunity to make an informed decision regarding pornography by raising awareness of its harmful effects using only science, facts, and personal accounts.”
Reddit: No Fap
“We host rebooting challenges in which participants (“Fapstronauts”) abstain from pornography and masturbation for a period of time. Whether your goal is casual participation in a monthly challenge as a test of self-control, or whether excessive masturbation or pornography has become a problem in your life and you want to quit for a longer period of time, you will find a supportive community and plenty of resources here.” 685k Members.
Porn Addiction Center
Has the signs and symptoms of sex and pornography addiction as well as ways to get in touch with professionals who can help you.
