IS PORN A DRUG?
Porn is a drug.
I describe it as cocaine snorted through the eyeballs. It works the same way other drugs do. It enters the body and tricks it into releasing chemicals. Neural scientist, Dr. William M. Struthers described how porn enters the brain:
“It comes in through the retina, goes through the thalamus, when projects up to the visual cortex, goes through the association cortex and the anterior cingulate, which then projects down to the insular cortex, the mirror neuron system, and the basal ganglia, thalamus and the hypothalamus. This is the sexual arousal center, that interstitial nucleus of the anterior hypothalamus sends projections down to the ventral tegmental area, which then releases dopamine.”
With the help of porn, chemicals like dopamine, norepinephrine, serotonin, oxytocin, and vasopressin go on a joyride through the neural pathways of the brain. Are these chemicals natural? Of course, but porn unnaturally releases them.
When its chemicals are abused, the brain gets confused.
Porn is a drug.
I describe it as cocaine snorted through the eyeballs. It works the same way other drugs do. It enters the body and tricks it into releasing chemicals. Neural scientist, Dr. William M. Struthers described how porn enters the brain:
“It comes in through the retina, goes through the thalamus, when projects up to the visual cortex, goes through the association cortex and the anterior cingulate, which then projects down to the insular cortex, the mirror neuron system, and the basal ganglia, thalamus and the hypothalamus. This is the sexual arousal center, that interstitial nucleus of the anterior hypothalamus sends projections down to the ventral tegmental area, which then releases dopamine.”
With the help of porn, chemicals like dopamine, norepinephrine, serotonin, oxytocin, and vasopressin go on a joyride through the neural pathways of the brain. Are these chemicals natural? Of course, but porn unnaturally releases them.
When its chemicals are abused, the brain gets confused.