00:00I strongly believe that NoFap is the number one most life-changing change that you can make in
00:06your life today. But there's a lot of skepticism behind quitting pornography as our society
00:11actually encourages young men and women to watch porn and masturbate. It's considered normal. It's
00:17considered healthy. And because of this, there's millions of people on this planet that are not
00:22aware of the dangerous side effects of viewing pornography. So today I'm going to convince you
00:27to take on the NoFap challenge and quit pornography for good by using scientific evidence to back up
00:33my claims. Now before we even jump into pornography itself, we have to talk about a special little
00:39neurotransmitter called dopamine. What is dopamine? Why is it important? Dopamine is a neurotransmitter
00:46that is responsible for seeking and searching rewards. Dopamine provides us with the motivation
00:51and drive to pursue potential rewards or long-term goals. If you've ever craved a dessert, that was
00:58all because of dopamine. If you ever spent hours on a video game trying to level up, that was dopamine.
01:04If you ever dragged your ass out of bed to go to class in the morning, that was dopamine. Without
01:10it, you lose all motivation to go out there and do things. Scientists have even conducted experiments
01:15where they turned off the dopamine receptors in rats and found that the rats would become so lazy that
01:21they die of starvation even though there was food in their cage. They simply had no motivation. Drugs
01:26like cocaine, heroin, Adderall all work on the dopamine receptors in your brain. They stimulate
01:32the dopamine receptors at extremely high levels. Your body is constantly trying to maintain homeostasis,
01:38which is a baseline level. So when presented with levels that are not natural, your brain reacts by
01:44decreasing your overall number of receptors. What are the effects of lower amounts of dopamine? Studies have
01:50shown that people with low dopamine receptors have the following side effects. Fatigue, lack of
01:55motivation, insomnia, mood swings, memory loss, social anxiety, low libido, sugar cravings, stress,
02:03inability to connect with others, inability to focus. And there's also growing evidence that low dopamine
02:10is a direct cause of depression. You're probably thinking, well, that's for hardcore drugs. There's no way
02:16pornography can have a similar effect on my nervous system as cocaine. And it's here where you're
02:21wrong. Sexual stimuli is actually the most stimulating dopamine activity you can naturally partake in.
02:27It's because sex is crucial for the survival of your genes, so your body always rewarded you the most for
02:33it. It raises your dopamine levels to around 200%, which is the same amount as morphine and a bit lower than
02:40cocaine, which stands at 300%. And unlike cocaine, which peaks at 300% for only a couple of minutes,
02:46pornography has the ability to stay above 200% for as long as you'd like. This is due to something
02:51called the Coolidge effect. When scientists put a male mouse into a cage with a female mouse,
02:56they observed that the mice would have a ton of sex, but over time, the male would start to get less
03:01and less interested. He would have a harder time reaching orgasm, and eventually, he was no longer
03:06interested in having sex. This indicated that dopamine levels decreased over time. However,
03:11when a new female mouse was introduced, his dopamine levels would spike all the way back up,
03:15and he'd be able to go at it again. In fact, if the scientists continued to introduce new female
03:20mice into his cage, he would keep having sex until he physically could not move. This same effect is 100%
03:27present in humans. This means while watching pornography, you can consistently keep your dopamine levels high
03:33by watching different videos. Every new video, every new clip you watch, is like taking another
03:39little bump of cocaine. And unlike cocaine, which is something you can only do so much of because of
03:45its high cost, difficulty to get, and risk of overdose, it's entirely possible for you to watch porn
03:51for hours and hours at a time. And remember, for the entire time you're watching porn, you're bombarding
03:58your brain with dopamine levels equivalent to those caused by some hardcore drugs. And of course,
04:03when that happens, your brain starts decreasing the amount of dopamine receptors you have. And over the
04:08course of years of watching porn, you end up doing some serious damage to your dopamine reward circuits.
04:14This is a large reason as to why there are so many men out there that have mental disorders such as social
04:20anxiety, depression, and lack of motivation. It's because they are constantly screwing with their dopamine and the
04:26worst part is that society is actually encouraging them to do so. It's to no surprise that people who take on the
04:33nofap challenge and quit pornography for good have reported things like more motivation, more libido,
04:38less anxiety, an increase in social skills, a feeling of being alive again. It's because when
04:43they finally stop watching porn, their dopamine levels start returning to normal. Take on the
04:48nofap challenge and I can guarantee that you'll see the same benefits.
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