Thread 82222007

For porn addicts: how does porn cause depression or is it a coping mechanism? How depressed, empty and hollowed out do you become after jerking it all day?

>>82222007 (OP)
I always feel better after jerking off

>>82222007 (OP)
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>>82222007 (OP)
porn does not cause depression, but like many things, can be a symptom of depression. so yeah, it's a cope.

>>82222007 (OP)
but porn doesnt cause depression

Depression? coping? hollow? nah im beating my meat because its fucking RISING NIGGA!!!!!!!

>>82222007 (OP)
There's no evidence that excessive cooming or porn consumption leads to depression. It's more likely a coping mechanism. ADHD people love blasting ropes because they struggle to produce serotonin, but as we all know, milking the pink lizard releases lots of feelgood hormones. I think the argument that the people who say porn causes depression comes from the idea of it being a substitute for a girlfriend/wife, which seems reasonable to say, but again, it's unsubstantiated by research.

>>82222007 (OP)
>does porn cause depression
As everyone says, it does not cause depression. It just hides it until it's too big to ignore.
Without porn, you would just take care of your discontent earlier.

porn causes high spikes of dopamine when consuming. eventually your brain will need more stimulus to create the same spike of dopamine meaning you have to view more hardcore porn. If your brain is used to having constant high peaks of dopamine from extreme stimulus the things around you become boring. Reading a book/watching a TV show isn't going to produce the same high peaks as porn. your brain is rewiring and needs constant gratification. This is why people claim to be depressed as they don't get gratification from their previous hobbies after porn takes over. The good news is if you stop watching porn your brain will slowly rewire needing less stimulus for excitement and you will begin to enjoy old hobbies again.

>>82223470
Does this mean my brain does not have any dopamine? Logically the slippery slope more extreme porn doesn't pass the sniff test, but maybe for a minority of porn users and you that is the case. For me it's like I know what I liked. Absolutely no desire to look at stuff I don't like since I'd rather jerk it to stuff I like. What I like has not changed at all. Honestly this just sounds like cope.
>i was like totally straight and masturbate to vagina and boobs at the start but then I was addicted to vagina and boobs and that's why I only fap to interracial gay bdsm now
Your sexual tastes never changed, you just got better at finding what you most like.

>>82222007 (OP)
Its not that porn makes you hollow, being already hollow is the prerequisite for porn addiction