tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post4211082451364727610..comments2024-03-26T06:17:49.527-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: Your Brain on PornStuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-63942302349303311792015-08-15T14:21:51.817-07:002015-08-15T14:21:51.817-07:00What we see in the movies and TV and internet vide...What we see in the movies and TV and internet videos are artificially enhanced. Even more so in porn.Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-38313669190893144432015-08-15T10:06:16.184-07:002015-08-15T10:06:16.184-07:00This article in The Dopamine Project maps all deve...This article in The Dopamine Project maps all developmental needs into a category called <i>natural addictions</i>:<br /><br />http://dopamineproject.org/2012/08/dopamine-awareness-and-self-actualization-rethinking-maslow%E2%80%99s-hierarchy-of-needs/<br /><br />However rather than make almost every behavior into some sort of pathology or natural addiction it is better to recognize that the so-called deficiency needs of a small child can only be met via a process of <i>adequate parenting</i>. Physical needs will not be met in the absence of an adequate parent so the natural addictions are more or less natural reactions to the loss of adequate parenting in the former child. It is painful for a child to expect the loss of a parent (it could result in death or developmental disability such as cognitive distortions) so the mind adapts by forming addictions to behaviors (sex, drugs, etc.) or iconic roles (power, money, and social esteem).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-26383084132027929502015-08-15T07:11:50.165-07:002015-08-15T07:11:50.165-07:00"Somewhere, someone decided that we cover up ..."Somewhere, someone decided that we cover up sexuality because we are ashamed of it. They insisted that it was a natural human bodily function that we should enjoy openly, honestly and shamelessly."<br /><br />Yes, because removal of mystery attacks the sacred. And then it becomes all about pleasure. Who needs to be private about an indifferent public matter? If it's public, it's exhibitionism. If there's one thing our carney media culture is good at, it's exhibitionism, portrayed as a "personal choice," and if you don't approve, you're being "judgmental." So when did personal choices exhibited in full display become things that people could not, should not, judge? That makes no sense. If you put yourself out there and have classroom sessions for college freshmen about using dildos, people will have opinions about that. Do these people really think they'd get a pass? If sex is so special that it needs to become commonplace and de-mystified, is it really special? Sounds like a fluid-swapping transaction to me, a conversation topic like who's going to take out the trash.<br /><br />"The advent of readily available internet porn has given them more than they ever dreamed of."<br /><br />Yes, and 95%+ is probably viewed in private. Strange, no?Ignatius Acton Chesterton OCDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18222603717128565302noreply@blogger.com