As someone who recently realized he was a porn addict, I also recently realised I am suffering from dopamine depression.
The type of depressive-feeling caused by a lack of dopamine in the brain is a very low energy depression, with a complete lack of motivation, (and feeling depressed). You may feel frustrated that you don't have any energy.
Dopamine is a chemical that helps us experience emotions, respond to rewards and feel better. Low dopamine levels are associated with social anxiety, binge eating, low self esteem, depression, motor control problems and many other bad moods.
In other words, you won't want your dopamine levels to go low at all costs. People who suffer from low dopamine find life less joyful, feel dissatisfied with their lives most of the time and are at a much higher risk of social anxiety and depression than others.
Now what Porn addiction does is that it gives your brain very high doses of dopamine in very short periods of time and as a result makes your brain less responsive to the normal levels of dopamine released naturally by the body.
Porn addicts were found to have chronically low dopamine levels all the time between porn sessions. In other words, if you watched porn on a Saturday then did it again on a Wednesday then most probably you will suffer from low dopamine levels sat through wed!
In other words, you will feel more anxious, less confident, more depressed until the next session which will only elevate your dopamine levels for few hours then reduce them to a new low after you are done
The type of depressive-feeling caused by a lack of dopamine in the brain is a very low energy depression, with a complete lack of motivation, (and feeling depressed). You may feel frustrated that you don't have any energy.
Dopamine is a chemical that helps us experience emotions, respond to rewards and feel better. Low dopamine levels are associated with social anxiety, binge eating, low self esteem, depression, motor control problems and many other bad moods.
In other words, you won't want your dopamine levels to go low at all costs. People who suffer from low dopamine find life less joyful, feel dissatisfied with their lives most of the time and are at a much higher risk of social anxiety and depression than others.
Now what Porn addiction does is that it gives your brain very high doses of dopamine in very short periods of time and as a result makes your brain less responsive to the normal levels of dopamine released naturally by the body.
Porn addicts were found to have chronically low dopamine levels all the time between porn sessions. In other words, if you watched porn on a Saturday then did it again on a Wednesday then most probably you will suffer from low dopamine levels sat through wed!
In other words, you will feel more anxious, less confident, more depressed until the next session which will only elevate your dopamine levels for few hours then reduce them to a new low after you are done
