Your Brain On Porn: Porn Addiction (Part 1)

A science teacher explains the evolutionary forces behind porn's appeal, how the brain changes in response to super-normal stimulation, and what makes today's porn different from static porn of the past. For more, visit "Your Brain On Porn" http://yourbrainonporn.com.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Internet pornography addiction
• porn addiction
• porn recovery
• brain science of addiction

[vadimzeland]

why are yourbrainonporn and reuniting down?

[BodyWisdomVideos]

@vadimzeland The server crashed and is has been down for 3 days. Have no idea when it will be fixed.

[RavenousSky]

Nothing is wrong with porn, addictions are real though and can happen with anything, coffee, drugs, tea, smoking, video games, food, driving, whatever. Almost everything is best in moderation.

[BodyWisdomVideos]

@RavenousSky Not everything is equally addicting. Driving? Never heard of that. Alcohol: small percentage. Junk food: 80% of adult Americans are overweight, 30-35% obese - that is addicted. Supernormal vesions of natural rewards have the ability to addict a far greater percentage than do drugs/alcohol. Moderation may not apply to a 12 year old boy using high-speed, free, 24-7, endlessly novel, hard-core Internet porn. This ain't your daddy's Playboy

[Liam2621]

i first got the internet when i was 17, id never seen porn before, im now 29 and have hardly left the house because of porn, i quit college, lost relationships over watching porn, i dunno how to get over it. before i got the internet i was a happy guy into sports, dating, working etc.

[BodyWisdomVideos]

@ListActivist No. Read "porn, then and now: welcome to brain training" on YBOP. Sex with one person cannot match Internet porn: ability to click to what is most exciting, fast-forwarding, multiple tabs, endless genres, escalation to shocking/surprising, and 300 vaginas, 600 boobs, and moans of exctasy - all in one session. Plus, you train your brain to need intense visual stimulation and you become a voyeur rather than a participant. Oh yeah – death grip or speed fapping.

[xXdeathimpactXx]

@BodyWisdomVideos Is it bad if hot water came on my penis and it felt really good? Is that cosidered orgasm?

[crashnburn753]

I'm on day #4. The pic at 4:51 made me wanna go look at porn. This... is gonna be tough.

[RavenousSky]

@BodyWisdomVideos Also, I doubt America's "addiction" with food, I don't think they're eating too much food, they're just eating the wrong kind of foods. Using bad fats instead of good fats for example. That's not really an addiction as much as misinformed about nutrition.

[RavenousSky]

@BodyWisdomVideos It is really up to the parents though to protect their kids from the vile sinful images of human sexuality, if they are going to allow a child on the internet, then just install a parental filter. It's not difficult at all.

[RavenousSky]

@BodyWisdomVideos All I said is to enjoy things in moderation. What are afraid of?  That a kid who gets some porn is going to go insane and rape his mom?

[datlancboi018]

@BodyWisdomVideos yea definitely. because anything from visual or mental images can set you off to start up again.