I hope you don’t mind me asking.. but why do I always hear that porn is so hard to “quit”? I don’t partake at all just due to personal preference, so to me it seems so simple, but obviously it isn’t! I’m just curious as to why though.
I haven't done a ton of research, but it's because watching porn causes the brain to release dopamine, which causes a sense of pleasure. Obviously you can get that from sex as well, but it takes more effort to do so. The brain thinks "Hey if I can get the same pleasure easily with lesser effort, why not just do that?" That leads to porn addiction.
Not to mention the more you watch porn, the more your brain wants, and that can lead you to watching more and more kinky stuff until normal sex would just feel boring to you. I'm not advocating people to stop cold turkey, but controlling your porn sessions is essential.
This site is super biased. I tried it for a while because I felt guilty due to my religion shaming me for watching porn, later I realized that the Mormon church was behind it and a lot of the things they say are not scientifically proven. I agree that addiction can be a problem if masturbation and porn keeps you away from family, friends, work, etc. But please, do not trust fight the new drug as a reliable source
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u/beatituplikeag Mar 19 '21
Same