Porn On The Brain

So... I promised I would go into depth on how the addiction cycle goes when it comes to porn. Here it is, as promised!

When a person does anything that feels good, that gives them sang pleasure (including eating), the brain builds a passageway linking the feeling of pleasure to that action.

When a person views pornography, extreme levels of the chemical dopamine are released. Dopamine is often referred to as the "pleasure chemical", as it is what creates the feeling of pleasure in the body (specifically the brain). These levels are way too high. The first time , the brain will just enjoy it and say "thank you". However, after a few times, the brain starts to rewire itself into thinking the high amount of dopamine is completely normal, which it isn't.

Now, while you think all you're doing is viewing something, that is quite wrong! While you're viewing porn, not only is a high amount of dopamine being released, but, as explained in the first paragraph, your brain is actually building a passageway linking pleasure to porn, which, in the future, will remind you to do it again. And that voice inside you saying "don't do it, don't do it" is getting smaller and smaller because this link is getting larger and larger. So not only is your brain hooked on the high amount of dopamine, but now it's hard to quit because there's hardly any voice inside you telling you you shouldn't do it.

Your brain now not only desires this feeling, it requires it. In fact, this process is the EXACT process that's going on in your brain if you're on meth. Both porn and meth act on the brain IN THE SAME WAY.

I guess that's all for now.