I'm a millennial so naturally I learned about sex via online pornography. I was first introduced to it at a sleep over in middle school where my friend showed all of us an online website. I was 10 years old at the time so all I really knew was I liked it!
I followed the path of most millennials (it's not just a "guy thing" by the way) and continued watching it all the way from middle school through college. I'll save you all the details, but long story short, I never really had strong, loving, intimate relationships during that time because my brain and heart were hijacked by the false images of "love" that I viewed. In fact, my relationships mostly ended in tremendous heart ache and pain.
My expectations of a relationship and sex were unrealistic, my desires were relationally destructive, and my viewing habits not only translated into addictive viewing patterns but also into real life promiscuity that I wasn't happy with myself about. Around the age of 25 I sought out council and education on the topic. With the help of council, friends, and God today is drastically different then five years ago and I have hope for a much better and more loving future.
Here are 5 bullet points as to why Pornography is the new Heroine...
The human brain develops a tolerance to pornographic images. Similar to alcohol or drugs, the dosage of pornography needed to achieve the same euphoria is higher in both viewing time and perversion.
Pornography releases tremendous amounts of endorphins in a persons brain. Chemicals such as oxytocin, serotonin, dopamine, and other flood the synapses and create a high. The subsequent high is addictive to the user.
Pornography is commonly used as a way to soothe the individual's emotions or life difficulties. This is called "sexualizing your emotions". Interestingly enough drugs and alcohol are typically used in the same fashion, to numb the pain of emotional distress
Currently the average age for first exposure to pornography is 7 years old. The internet brings many great things to our society and yet poses tremendous dangers if not used correctly. Most children today grow up learning about sex and "love" via online pornography websites. Porn is the gateway drug to future relational dysfunction.
A human brain on heroine and a brain on pornography look the same chemically speaking. Because of the massive release of endorphins, if you were to do a brain scan of a person who just shot heroine and a person who is looking at pornography, a scientist would not be able to tell the difference between the two brains. Yes, you heard that correct.
This last point begs the question to me... "If porn is as powerful of a drug on the human brain as heroine, why doesn't our society know about this?"
Most of the facts found here were gathered from wwww.fightthenewdrug.org . Get out there and spread the truth. Porn kills love.
