Porn is something we are all taught not to watch due to its lewdness. But people still do anyway.
However, this time it’s not conservative parents or religious bodies saying so. It’s a scientist is also advising people to NOT watch porn!
Psychiatrist Kevin Majeres specializes in cognitive-behavioural therapy from Harvard Medical School. In his blogpost, he explained the science behind pornography.
Kevin explained that the ‘Coolidge Effect’ would ultimately ruin a couple’s love.
“As the couples mature, the romance has to come more from the upper cortex (brain), driven by higher ideals of commitment and caring.
“It takes a truer and higher form of love to maintain sexual interest in adult humans.”
“If the person doesn’t have much going on in his upper brain, or if he doesn’t have ideals to keep the romance alive, he gets bored; and so he looks elsewhere for the romantic thrill.”
In the end, when a person doesn’t resolve to directly cheating on their partner, they go towards pornography instead.
“Pornography offers a man an unlimited number of seemingly willing females; every time he sees the new partner, with each click, it gears up his sex drive again.
“When someone clicks and sees a new pornographic image, his lower brain thinks this is the real thing, this is the lady he must win over with all his might.”
“And so he gets an enormous dopamine flood in his upper brain, causing a wild amount of electrical energy.”
The problem is, it gets worse as people watch more and more porn as it causes a ‘dopamine binge’.
“The brain can’t keep up with this; it’s too draining.”
“The brain’s connections do NOT like being overstimulated with dopamine. So his brain destroys some dopamine receptors.”
And after all the dopamine fades away, the person is left with a sense of depletion and emptiness, and the vicious cycle continues.
But as the cycle grows worse, what else can the man do once watching normal porn just doesn’t help anymore? They venture into the kinkier stuffs.
“You have to stimulate another emotion: fear or disgust or shock or surprise. So you start experimenting with various perversions.”
The scary part is, how much more perverted can one become until they cross the line?
Ultimately, not only does the destroyed dopamine receptors affect the sex life of the person, it also impacts the general sense of happiness in someone.
“Some telltale signs of low dopamine: feeling bored or lazy; you can’t focus well on anything; feeling restless, anxious, or depressed, or irritable; unmotivated; unable to look other people in the eye.
“Dopamine is tied to motivation and will-power. When it gets depleted, the person’s sense of willpower is depleted.”
So, watching porn not only leaves you feeling unsatisfied, it also makes you feel completely unmotivated in life. Perhaps it is time to delete those hidden folders, eh?
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