An Opinion from Daily Strength a website for Families who live with betrayal
"I personally believe that there is indeed a sex and pornography addiction and that it can be treated.
The reason I am confident that these addictions exist is that these addictions show a chemical change in the brain which is responsible for the behavior.
In school, as part of my pharmacology studies, I had a course in addictions. The porn, sex, and gambling addiction is almost exactly like most other addictions and follows the same pattern.
These addictions are something that happens in the brain, but there is a physical component involved, as with all addictions. I don't see how anyone that understands addictions can say that porn, sex, gambling, or any other activity cannot be an addition.
Any action that excites areas of the brain, making the user want more and more is addicting. In fact, that is one of the main explanations for the addiction and an addiction causes this repeated behavior regardless of the consequences. Porn certainly can do that.
The changes in the brain area seen with guys with porn addictions are the very reason they cannot just stop looking at the images and videos. These addictions are treatable; they are not someone's imagination or an "excuse" for someone to use.
They are real, prompted by demonstrable changes in the brain area and the brain chemistry. "
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