This video and guide provide 3 things you need to know about your brain on porn
I'm so excited to provide some insight and hopefully clarity to this type of addiction .. it is such a misunderstood area. You will light up the world with your experience, strength, and hope!
8% of the world’s population struggle with compulsive pornography use / porn addiction. The average age of first use of pornography is 7 years old.
Despite pornography use being a part of healthy sexuality for many individuals and couples, 640 million people worldwide struggle with its use compulsively.
Despite its widespread use, porn addiction is still riddled with shame and judgment and people feel unable to reach out and ask for help.
# 1 – Tolerance
Prolonged exposure shifts the arousal template and behaviour can start to escalate – addicts use words like rougher, taboo, hardcore, and intense.
# 2 – Neuroplasticity
The more time a person spends looking at porn, the more dopamine gets released, which reinforces the behavior and makes them not only desire it in the future but require it.
# 3 – Damaged Sexual Performance in Couples / Individuals
Pornography damages the sexual performance of the viewers, including sexual arousal and erectile dysfunction.
