• Watching pornography lays down new neoro-pathways in your brain
• As a frequent pornography user’s brain acclimates to the new levels of dopamine flooding through it, regular activities that would normally set off a burst of dopamine and make the person feel happy aren’t strong enough to register much anymore, leaving the user feeling down or uneasy whenever they go for a while without looking at pornography.
• The more pornography a person looks at, the more severe the damage to their brain becomes and the more difficult it is to break free

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