dopamine spikes ,porn addiction, triune brain
benefits of getting de-addicted.from alternet
"Often they report dramatic changes as porn use recedes: more energy, increased social confidence, better concentration, greater gains from workouts, stronger erections, a return to earlier sexual tastes, increased optimism, and more enjoyment from life’s subtler pleasures."
Porn's chief danger .. "arises from intense stimulation of the reward circuitry of the brain -- a portion of the ancient “mammalian brain,” which lies under the newer neocortex (rational brain). The reward circuitry governs emotions, mating, eating, motivation, and all addictions. It runs on a neurochemical called dopamine, the “gotta get it!” neurotransmitter."
The brain develops immunity to dopamine levels, like any with drug/ sugar/ chocolate/ cigarette/etc addiction, and you need to up your dose dose every once in a while. Which leads to your brain getting numb to life's smaller pleasures.
On a discordant note, Brad Warner says sex is fine in Buddhism.
He also says: - Buddhism is not spirituality. There are idealists and materialists.
Inte-hresting.
Rudyard Kipling said "If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster, And treat those two impostors just the same ". Maybe he was talking about dopamine here.
In case you forgot, the Triune brain concept is that our brain is composed of three parts- 1. the reptilian brain-stem 2. the giant mammalian brain and 3. the neocortex.
the mammalian brain is responsible for the warm fuzzy stuff.
"Often they report dramatic changes as porn use recedes: more energy, increased social confidence, better concentration, greater gains from workouts, stronger erections, a return to earlier sexual tastes, increased optimism, and more enjoyment from life’s subtler pleasures."
Porn's chief danger .. "arises from intense stimulation of the reward circuitry of the brain -- a portion of the ancient “mammalian brain,” which lies under the newer neocortex (rational brain). The reward circuitry governs emotions, mating, eating, motivation, and all addictions. It runs on a neurochemical called dopamine, the “gotta get it!” neurotransmitter."
The brain develops immunity to dopamine levels, like any with drug/ sugar/ chocolate/ cigarette/etc addiction, and you need to up your dose dose every once in a while. Which leads to your brain getting numb to life's smaller pleasures.
On a discordant note, Brad Warner says sex is fine in Buddhism.
He also says: - Buddhism is not spirituality. There are idealists and materialists.
Inte-hresting.
Rudyard Kipling said "If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster, And treat those two impostors just the same ". Maybe he was talking about dopamine here.
In case you forgot, the Triune brain concept is that our brain is composed of three parts- 1. the reptilian brain-stem 2. the giant mammalian brain and 3. the neocortex.
the mammalian brain is responsible for the warm fuzzy stuff.
posted by yesbob at Wednesday, October 06, 2010
1 Comments:
On a equally discordant note, sex is fine in hinduism too. Feel free to quote me on that.
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