[true_religion]

I've heard this theory before, but I feel as if were it true we would already have a long series of old wives tales of how the 'studs' are always morose, and its better for newly weds to abstain on occasion rather than follow their flush desires.

The orgasms gotten through pornography aren't any stronger than those found 'in nature'---this isn't heroine.

[jjhicks]

QUOTE -The orgasms gotten through pornography aren't any stronger than those found 'in nature'---this isn't heroine.

You have missed the entire point.

Orgasm lasts a few seconds.

Porn addiction is not about orgasms its about porn. The viewing, searching, clicking from tab to tab on tube sites. Starting in early adolescence, training ones brain to need a certain level of stimulation. For some - hours a day.

Dopamine responds to novelty and anticipation, and is elevated to near orgasmic levels during sexual excitement.

Read the start here article on that site, and you will see that all addictions involve the same fundamental brain changes which are caused by a specific set of genes, all activated by the accumulation one molecule deltafosb. This is indisputable.

You will also see about 300 links to citations on that one page.

[illuminate]

"Porn addiction is not about orgasms its about porn. The viewing, searching, clicking from tab to tab on tube sites. Starting in early adolescence, training ones brain to need a certain level of stimulation. For some - hours a day."

This is more obsessive-compulsive behavior than porn-specific.

[jjhicks]

No its addiction to porn. They are not washing their hands or BS like that.

OCD and addiction each have unique set of brain changes.

Again, its already been established that both behavioral addiction ad drug addictions involves the same basic mechanisms, same brain changes: downregulation of dopamine & D2 receptors, sensitization, hypofronatlity, altered cerebral white matter, altered CRF and stress response, etc. These do not occur in OCD.

Accumulation of One molecule activates the addition process - deltafosb. This does not occur in OCD

Read the START here article on yourbrainonporn and follow all the links. You will find links to articles covering the new DSM-5 which created a behavioral addictions category and to The American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM). America’s top addiction experts at ASAM released their sweeping new definition of addiction which states that sexual behavior addictions exist and involve the same basic mechanisms as substance addiction.