I was just doing some reading for a potential future post and came across something that kind of clicked in my head. I have seen a psychologist regarding my issue with porn and together we determined some of my addiction could be contributed to social anxiety. The idea is that I would use pornography to escape the feelings of anxiety I would have. I never even realized the extent of my social anxiety until we dove into it.
While I have always accepted social anxiety as one of the underlying causes porn became addictive to me, watching this youtube video really made it make total sense. This research suggests the brian completely shuts down the anxiety part of the brain during orgasm. (assuming this still happens with me even though I feel little pleasure) it would make sense I would seek out this activity to escape my feelings of anxiety. This is probably true of other feelings as well such as inadequacies or stress.
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