Porn is something that is often thought of as “normal” and “harmless”, but the more research is invested in discovering how Porn affects the brain and those involved in producing porn, the more the research indicates that porn may not be so good for us after all.

In fact, excessive amounts of porn (more than five hours per week) can have some major side effects that hold you back from life, including:

• Erectile dysfunction
• Insecurities
• Fatigue and lowered energy
• Inability or lack of desire to have sex
• Lower relationship satisfaction

As you can already get the idea, porn is something that not only robs you of your time but also sucks some of the light out of you and prevents you from being the best “you” possible. If you’ve found yourself glued to the computer or phone screen for much of the week (over five hours) and are suffering from fatigue and lack of interest in sex, then read on to find out the top 10 reasons why you should quit porn.

1. Porn Decreases Your Attraction to the Same Partner

The more porn you watch, the less attracted you become to your partner. Why is this? Well, solid evidence has been laid out pretty thoroughly with the Coolidge Effect. The Coolidge Effect demonstrates that the more porn one watches, the more likely they are to seeks out a new partner. With porn, new “partners” are displayed on screen in seconds.

2. Low Libido and Sexual Dysfunction

If you watch porn for more than five hours per week and start to feel less interested in real life sex, or when you do have sex with our partner you suddenly feel not in the mood or un aroused, chances are you can trace the cause back to porn. For further research, check it out here on yourbrainonporn.com.

3. Abnormal Spikes in Dopamine

It may seem a bit extreme or excessive to liken porn to a drug or alcohol addiction, but as more research us undertaken, that’s exactly what it is turning out to be like. Porn creates abnormally high levels of dopamine, similar to drugs and alcohol do. Too much of a good thing isn’t always good, as we all know. Therefore, with porn addiction, it begins to rewire the brain after excessive use and cravings set in for the “drug” – or in this case: porn. It becomes something to lean on in times of stress and something to celebrate with when feeling happy, rather than choosing healthy alternatives.

4. Waste of Time

Many people find themselves looking at porn for 5 hours, and lots more people are watching over five hours. According to a report on GQ, “12 percent of NoFappers report watching five or more hours of Internet porn every week. 59 percent report watching between four and fifteen (!!) hours of porn every week.” Just imagine what else you could be doing in that time. Instead of watching porn, imagine if you went to the gym for those fifteen hours, or decided to study and read, etc.

5. Lack of Motivation for Real Life Connection

Porn is available 24/7 and it’s free. It’s easy to fall into the trap of watching porn. It’s almost like fast food: always available and dirt cheap (or free in this case). Unfortunately, fast food is loaded with toxic chemicals and is hardly considered “food”, much like porn watching is also toxic and not considered sexual. When you watch porn, it decreases your desire to meet up with your partners for real life encounters.

6. Sex Will Be More Satisfying

This may sound obvious, but it’s true: sex will be much, much more satisfying. After all, that’s the end goal right? Getting off to the real thing rather than the idea of having sex or watching people have sex is much more satisfying. Best of all, having sex is not damaging to the brain at all. We are wired to be sexual just within natural bounds; porn pushes these boundaries and exposes you to hundreds or thousands of partners in one sitting.

7. Sexual Tastes Become More Extreme as You Watch Porn

Before, it was probably the idea of naked men or women that turned you on. Then you may have entered into “light porn”, followed by something more regular, and lastly, after several months or years, you may have fund yourself in fetish or extreme territories. Just like a drug, the more porn you watch, the more your sensitivity to it decreases.

8. 60% of “Nofap” Users Felt Sexual Health Improved

This is staggering. After partaking in just a few weeks of the non masturbation challenge, 60% of men had found that their sexual health improved. They were no longer having problems with premature ejaculation nor were they having problems with erectile dysfunction.

9. Nearly 70% of Those of “Nofap” Found Energy Levels Improved

With dopamine peaking and crashing, it comes as no surprise that energy levels would improve. This extreme fluctuations chemicals and cravings is exhausting. Once you make the switch and end your addiction, you’ll notice just how much more full of life you are and how much more energy you have from being porn free.

10. To Become The Best Version of Yourself

To put it simply: being free of porn allows you to be the best version of yourself. Without porn, you’ll be a lot more alert and have higher energy levels, be able to form more intimate relationships, satisfy your partner a lot better, be more confident and so much more. So, before you reach for your phone or computer in times of distress and are looking for a quick “fix” to the situation, try doing something positive. Go out with friends, go for a run, hit the gym, meditate, read, etc.

Being Porn Free is awesome

Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should. Porn is so widely available yet so detrimental to our health. Imagine that each time you watch porn or think about watching porn, you are stuffing your brain with drugs or fast food. While once may not seem bad, the continual exposure can add up and have some serious consequences on your health.

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