Dopamine addiction
Day 2
by Eric
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Does anyone else feel like their addiction to porn can stem from an addiction to dopamine ?? Obviously there are times where I use porn to distract myself or when I’m feeling frustrated. But for the most part I feel like the main reason I’m addicted to it in the first place is just because of my dopamine addiction. A lot of times when I talk in these forums people say to identify some kind of negative emotion that is causing me to relapse. But I feel like most of the time is genuinely just because of the dopamine. Anyone else feel like that ???
Absolutely! I eat ice cream and candy for the same reason…I’ll say I’m eating it because I need my dopamine push. I talked about that with the app’s Melius the other day and asked for other dopamine options…exercise, being creative, encouraging or helping people, doing something to feel good about self (when my depression is strong I may not shower/shave for days-so I can do that and look like a human again)…ask Melius or search for healthy dopamine release options, write down what might work for you.