Navigating Sex, Temptations, & Lust with Riley Sewell
Happy & Healthy with Jeanine Amapola
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Pornography and Masturbation Can Be an Addiction
Pornography and masturbation can be an addiction. Dopamine is our brain trying to chase the first high so what happens is like you watch one thing about pornography or maybe at first it's just a kissing scene that you read in the book. You're watching and reading consuming things you would have never allowed yourself to do a year before because dopamine is trying to make you chase that same high over and over and over again. Self-awareness is one of the best things to overcome addiction. I don't think cultures really put love into sex as much as self gratification, she says.
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