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Porn Brain Rewire with Dr. Trish Leigh
#Episode 142: How Sex Addiction Leads to UNIMAGINABLE Crimes
Sep 26, 2024
Explore the dark link between sex addiction and crime, highlighting notorious cases that reflect the devastating effects of prolonged pornography exposure. Discover how compulsive behavior can escalate to extreme actions, leading to a dehumanized perspective of others. The discussion also dives into the origins of sex addiction, revealing neurological effects and emphasizing the importance of seeking help to reclaim one's mental health.
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- Excessive consumption of pornography rewires the brain's reward system, making individuals crave increasingly extreme and violent sexual experiences.
- The normalization of violent sexual acts in pornography can desensitize viewers, leading to real-life criminal behavior driven by dehumanization and power dynamics.
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The Reality of Sex Addiction and Its Neurological Basis
Sex addiction is increasingly recognized as a real disorder, classified as compulsive sexual behavior disorder in the International Classification of Diseases. This condition often stems from excessive consumption of pornography, which alters the reward pathways in the brain and creates a dependence on sexual stimuli for dopamine release. As individuals consume more pornographic content, they may require increasingly extreme experiences to achieve the same level of pleasure, leading to a cycle of escalation in their behaviors. This can result in harmful consequences, as the neurological changes encourage individuals to seek out more intense or violent sexual experiences, blurring the line between fantasy and reality.
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