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The Neuroscience of NoFap | Why Pornography Changes the Brain
In his book, Your Brain on Porn, Gary Wilson explains the neuroscience of pornography addiction both anecdotally and by citing several studies on the scary effects of pornography addiction. While the movement around NoFap and the videos I've made on it thus far certainly has an esoteric nature to it, especially with regards to the discipline of semen retention, I wanted to make a video that specifically addresses the hard science on why NoFap works. The concept that pornography rewires the brain and its pleasure centers should be a firm warning against a NoFap relapse, and the potential upside to mastering this discipline.
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What's up Kings? Today's video is going to be somewhat of a deep dive into the
neuroscience of pornography use and how it affects the gray matter and dendritic
connections in the brain. I've often talked about nofap and the use of PMO in
regards to esoteric concepts, life force energy, building up energy within
yourself, but for today's video I want to go as deeply as I can into the hard
science side of this practice just to speak to that element of things because
there is a very strong neuroscience correlation between pornography use,
depression, anxiety, and the inability to concentrate.
alongside connections between pornography and interpersonal relationships.
It's no mystery to people anymore that porn use is often linked to erectile dysfunction and commitment issues.
And so, let's attempt to decipher some of the neuroscience behind why these effects play out the way they do.
A good majority of the content for this video will be coming directly from Gary Wilson's book, Your Brain on Porn.
So, credit where credit is due.
The fundamental connection between why porn use is linked to anxiety, depression, and an inability to concentrate
stems from evolutionary biology and psychology.
In both the animal kingdom at large and with human beings,
it has been found numerous times and documented that
animals respond to what we call super stimuli,
stimuli that are above what is naturally produced artificial means.
We see this in birds.
Many times robin birds or other types of birds will favor fake eggs that are highly colored
over real eggs that are their own children.
Male jewel beetles might actually try to copulate with beer tabs if they ever see them because
of the shininess of those beer tabs.
It sort of looks like a very attractive, highly sexualized female jewel beetle.
and with human beings this phenomenon is also used very strongly with the food industry.
Junk food is a supernormal stimulation of sorts and food companies actually spend millions of dollars
in research and development to create foods with the perfect amount of salt, sugar, and fatty acids.
Which is why when you take a bite of a Dorito, you're so instantly drawn to take that second bite.
One of the great opportunities for super stimulus is of course pornography.
Most men are drawn to very dramatic secondary sexual characteristics such as
big boobs, a big butt, a large waist. So the pornography industry has been able
to very potently augment these features both with the angles by which porn
scenes are filmed but also the performers who undergo several cosmetic
surgeries to have more exaggerated features. And while rationally you can
understand the falseness of that situation it plays to a very primitive
part of our DNA, a primitive part of what drives us. It's the same sort of
stimulation that compels the jewel beetle to try to make love to a beer
bottle cap. The reason we respond to stimuli in this very primitive way is
because neurotransmitters that have stemmed from our deep ancestry have used
these tactics to keep us alive. These primitive functions give us emotions,
motivation, impulses, subconscious decision-making. These primitive circuits
have done their job exceedingly well in keeping ancient human beings and modern
human beings alive. They control our subconscious impulses and they help us
react to chasing calories and staying away from dangers and helping us
reproduce which is why the human species has thrived so well is because of our
barometer to the stimuli. Of course it should be no surprise to the people who
are familiar with this concept that the neurotransmitter that is most closely
associated with pornography use and the desensitization that comes with porn use
is dopamine. Dopamine is a neurotransmitter that is linked with
