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Not exactly a balanced, unbiased look at this controversial issue, is it? > So far, the American Psychiatric Association (APA) has agreed that there is insuffi
by outsidetheparty 7y ago
Not exactly a balanced, unbiased look at this controversial issue, is it?
> So far, the American Psychiatric Association (APA) has agreed that there is insufficient evidence to support diagnoses for sex and porn addiction. In 2010, the APA rejected the inclusion of “sex addiction” in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). A new condition called “hypersexual disorder” was proposed for the DSM-5 but, in 2012, the APA rejected it as well for lack of evidence.
> when UCLA researchers studied the response to viewing sexually explicit images in people who self-defined as being unable to regulate their porn viewing, the results showed no similar response [to addiction].... The authors concluded that there was no evidence to say that even problem sexual regulation fit the definition of addiction as defined by brain response and that these people simply had high sex drives.
>people who develop addictions initially show high levels of response in the pleasure centers of the brain... one of the hallmarks of true addiction is that the pleasure received from the object of the addiction wanes over time as the person no longer wants the object but, rather, needs the object. In contrast, even people who report very strong “addiction” to sex continue to show activation of the pleasure centers of the brain when viewing sexually explicit images. This response is similar to the response people have to chocolate, ice cream and other highly desired pleasures.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/your-porn-addiction-isnt-real https://www.thedailybeast.com/your-porn-addiction-isnt-real
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/close-and-personal/201609/anthony-weiner-is-not-sex-addict-neither-is-anyone-else-0 https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/close-and-personal/2...
You might consider backing off the unsupported blanket statements like "100% of people feel better after quitting to watch porn" and "porn is unhealthy in any amount". As it is the site smells more like zealotry than a fair test.
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