What is porn?
According to Meriam Webster, the definition of porn is “the depiction of erotic behavior intended to cause sexual excitement.”
Why is porn so addictive?
Porn use stimulates one of the reward centers that is called the ventral striatum. The ventral striatum motivates you to give, makes you feel happy when you gain a new social status, etc. It is also activated by cocaine usage.
It can be hurtful towards intimate relationships, creating unrealistic expectations and it can replace the need for “the real thing”. It can cause a reward in your brain that is replacing a genuine and good pleasure.
It can increase insecurities if your partner feels insufficient if they are not like the porn that you are watching. It can make them feel as if they can not be enough for you and it can cause real heartache and destruction.
A frequent need to be alone, in a bathroom in social situations, a lack of ability to perform in sexually intimate relationships, or a preference of the person on the screen rather than the one in front of you.