In this video we’re going to talk about how porn impacts your brain. And I’m going to talk about two main systems. The older system, system one the limbic brain and the midbrain. System two is the prefrontal cortex up here in the front. Now if you heard me talk before you know that those are the two main areas affected by porn. But I’m going to tell you in this video is first of all how they work and secondly why porn is able to hijack those areas in particular. Along with the devastating effects that it can have on you if your brain becomes hijacked.
How do these two systems in the brain work?
System number one is the old brain or limbic brain. It’s in the midbrain and it houses the reward system or pathways in the brain. Now I’m going to call that part of the brain the Gorilla in the hall of the ship. We’re going to use the analogy that your brain is the ship and there’s a big beastly Gorilla in the hall. He’s not very sharp. He’s impulsive. All he wants is bananas. And he will stop at nothing to get them because he doesn’t have reasoning or logic. He can’t see past one minute of all he wants is a banana and nothing else matters beyond that because in fact he is a thousand pound gorilla.
In the prefrontal cortex of the brain is the captain. He’s the one running the ship or he should be at least. Now that captain can use logic and reasoning and executive function, which means that he can make all the smaller decisions that lead to getting the ship where it needs to go on a daily basis. And also for the ultimate journey so that the ship arrives safely in the harbor. Now the captain is system number two. He’s the newer part of the brain. The higher reasoning, the cortex, the part that’s smart and sharp. He can resist impulses because he knows that he has to be able to make those small steps towards the larger goal. He can use reasoning and logic, he is the captain and you want him running the ship.
What happens when you consume a lot of pornography?
Science shows that you create hypofrontality or underactivity in the prefrontal cortex. Therefore, you are knocking the captain out. You’re taking him right out. Now when we say that there’s underactivity and there’s hypofrontality in the frontal cortex it’s like you tranquilized the captain. Instead of tranquilizing the gorilla you’ve tranquilized the captain, which means the captain is using way too much sleepy mode so that he can’t run the ship. Now the thousand pound gorilla is just going bananas, bananas, bananas I need some bananas.
At the same time we know that the rewards system in the brain is becoming desensitized everytime you go back for more pornography and especially if it’s increasing in frequency, consistancy, and intensity. So now your gorilla used to be happy with one banana but now your gorilla needs a banana every hour and not just one banana he needs 10 bananas or he’s going to throw a gorilla fit. Now that is no way to run your brain.
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