Sex and Porn Addiction is not about porn images

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Oh no - not Neuroscience stuff!

....but it isn't that complicated! At least not when you read the
material from public friendly neuroscientists like Dr Caroline
Leaf.

"The Pleasure Principle" - What's that about? Another very clever
Neuroscientist (Dr Struthers) has brought together the individual
role played by each of those
(neurotransmitters/neuropeptides/brain chemicals/biochemicals -
whatever they are properly called). This is where I get ready to
run for my bunker, for fear of the wrath of a grieving female
partner - when I say that Sex Addiction is not about porn images.
Porn is only the needle, to get those chemicals into the
body.

What chemicals? Here's what Dr Struthers says (in summary):
As a man goes through the day, testosterone increases with
each stare, fantasy and anticipation, creating the desire for
sex; norepinephrine (I can't pronounce it) - is being
released, getting the brain primed and alert for action;
serotonin release creates excitement for the anticipated
payoff; dopamine focus the mind, as a reminder to the
brain, where and what it did the last time to find the reliable
payoff. As the activity starts, endogenous opiates give a
rush of euphoria; Oxytocin and vasopressin bind the
images and experience together. The next acting out session, to
repeat the process, is just a moment away.

I wonder what all this looks like for women? Let's ask Dr
Struthers.

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