Becoming Whole Why Can’t I Stop Watching Porn? Part II
“Why Can’t I stop watching porn?” This question deserves a 2 part answer, at least.
In last week’s episode, we offered a high-level understanding of our neurological mapping. Learning the intricacy and purpose of serotonin, norepinephrine, oxytocin, and dopamine are important to appreciating God’s design for you.
We know porn rewires our God-given desires. The on-demand, accessible nature of porn shuts down the detailed work of your Heavenly Father.
It’s time to treat yourself as someone who is worth the time and effort it takes to be free.
Listen in.
HIGHLIGHTS
The human body is not designed for the flood of chemicals produced by on-demand pornography.
For the person habitually accessing on demand porn, two things begin to happen:
1. Thrill and exhilaration are harder to reach. So, whatever porn you’ve been viewing can cease to bring the same high it once did. As a result, you may increase the frequency of porn use. You may also increase intensity of type of porn used. Some may leave porn and seek interaction with a physical person trying to get back to level of high from before.
2. Normal, healthy activities (like being outside, hanging with friends, creating something, etc) cease to be life-giving. The rest of life begins to gray and dull as our neuro-receptors shut down. The elicit sexual behavior takes priority over life.
When you cease to feel those things and you don’t have normal ways to feel them, it’s more likely you will seek out more porn to feel something again.
You’re created for connection and peace and joy and exhilaration.
True connection requires something of you on the front end.
It takes work, vulnerability, and risk to connect with someone else.
It takes energy to get out and exercise, to plan healthy meals and eat well.
Porn doesn’t require anything of you on the front end so, it can feel that porn is the best way. But, over time it takes much more from you than it’s given.
It may be time to consider Sexual Abstinence:
It’s going to take a while for neuro-receptors to heal and operate as they were intended. Sexual abstinence can help curb the behavior. Don’t be surprised if you feel apathy, lose your appetite, feel agitated or more lonely during this time.
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