Porn Usage Shrinks Reward And Motivation Part Of Brain

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Ever since I heard a ted talk on this matter, I've been fascinated by it. I would love to know if staring at pictures, or fantasizing using your imagination would produce similar results. I would imagine something would be different as the brain knows pictures & ones imagination are not real, whereas it has a tough time differentiating video from real life.
 
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I would think excercising the imagination can only be a good thing, probably raises motivation!
 
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Hugh Johnson said:
I found this interestng so I looked into it. It seems that cocaine grows those brain regions:

http://www.researchgate.net/publication ... dependence

So it's ok to watch porn as long as you sniff a line afterwards.

Yeah It probably grows them because of those 15 minutes waiting for your dealer, not the drug itself :mrgreen: (I'm serious)
 

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Or maybe porn addicts are more sensitive to rewarding stimuli and have lower inhibitory control? Consider that?
 

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Anecdote: when I work extra hours (night emergencies along with regular hours), I tend to watch porn and masturbate, I think stress is highly related to it.
Also, acne seems to be higher the week I work those extra hours
 

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I think porn use might be strongly, strongly related to nitric oxide. Methylene blue helps a lot.
 

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