Comments on: The Great Porn Debate: Porn creates unfair standards http://jackcentral.com/opinion/2009/04/the-great-porn-debate-porn-creates-unfair-standards/ Your online northern Arizona (and Flagstaff) news source Tue, 20 Jul 2010 22:47:20 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Amanda http://jackcentral.com/opinion/2009/04/the-great-porn-debate-porn-creates-unfair-standards/comment-page-1/#comment-5280 Amanda Thu, 02 Apr 2009 16:30:45 +0000 http://jackcentral.com/?p=4424#comment-5280 Thank you for your great article! Not only does pornography create unfair standards, the brain processes that viewing it can cause are actually addictive. For many people, viewing pornography causes the release of natural chemicals in the brain that make them feel calm, happy and relaxed. This creates a natural "high." It's the very same chemicals released when a gambling addict goes to the casino. Without realizing it, many people begin to use pornography to "soothe" themselves from every day stressors, or from painful things that have occurred in their lives. Without that chemical release, they become anxious and crave it more. This leads to addiction. Incidentally, brain studies show that these processes are similar for not only process addictions, such as eating disorders, porn addiction, sex addiction and gambling addiction, but also for drug and alcohol addiction. In substance addictions, the drugs or alcohol trigger the release of these brain chemicals, but in process addictions, there is a psychological trigger for the release. For more information, visit Dr. Carnes' website, www.sexhelp.com, and resource site, www.gentlepath.com. Warmly, Amanda Larson Gentle Path Press alarson@gentlepath.com Thank you for your great article! Not only does pornography create unfair standards, the brain processes that viewing it can cause are actually addictive. For many people, viewing pornography causes the release of natural chemicals in the brain that make them feel calm, happy and relaxed. This creates a natural “high.” It’s the very same chemicals released when a gambling addict goes to the casino. Without realizing it, many people begin to use pornography to “soothe” themselves from every day stressors, or from painful things that have occurred in their lives. Without that chemical release, they become anxious and crave it more. This leads to addiction.

Incidentally, brain studies show that these processes are similar for not only process addictions, such as eating disorders, porn addiction, sex addiction and gambling addiction, but also for drug and alcohol addiction. In substance addictions, the drugs or alcohol trigger the release of these brain chemicals, but in process addictions, there is a psychological trigger for the release.

For more information, visit Dr. Carnes’ website, http://www.sexhelp.com, and resource site, http://www.gentlepath.com.

Warmly,
Amanda Larson
Gentle Path Press
alarson@gentlepath.com

]]>