If WHO classifies compulsive sexual behavior as a mental health disorder, APA doesn't yet, according to this article.
On our part, whether or not it is a mental health disorder, it can lead to brain abnormalcy, our mind becoming dependent on the substance/activity being abused, and our brain beginning to rely on that substance/activity to produce certain chemicals most often connected with the reward system. see https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/neuroscience/ventral-striatum see also the link between Alcohol abuse and Porn addiction
Consider bodybuilding rewarding us with good looking physique if not health benefits too. Consider just checking and trying to lift that heavier weights once per week only, and then twice, and then finally 8 times rep on two sets after a year or two.
Consider in reverse then to positively imagine your twice relapse to sexual addiction per week becomes once a week, and then once a year only when you got drunk and you had a fight with your wife. The strength and muscle built we will see in such chastity capacity building is our astute or razor-sharp capacity to executively decide and achieve things we never had again after becoming a sexual addict. Start then the habit and practice answering Our Blessed Mother's question, "What good can you easily do here and now?" Then do it.
Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners!
On our part, whether or not it is a mental health disorder, it can lead to brain abnormalcy, our mind becoming dependent on the substance/activity being abused, and our brain beginning to rely on that substance/activity to produce certain chemicals most often connected with the reward system. see https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/neuroscience/ventral-striatum see also the link between Alcohol abuse and Porn addiction
Recent research has shown that non-drug addictions such as gambling, binge-eating, and sexual activities affect brain function in ways similar to alcohol and drug addiction. https://www.mentalhelp.net/articles/the-brains-of-porn-addicts/All of it causing havoc on our capacity to decide and manage working memory.
Consider bodybuilding rewarding us with good looking physique if not health benefits too. Consider just checking and trying to lift that heavier weights once per week only, and then twice, and then finally 8 times rep on two sets after a year or two.
Consider in reverse then to positively imagine your twice relapse to sexual addiction per week becomes once a week, and then once a year only when you got drunk and you had a fight with your wife. The strength and muscle built we will see in such chastity capacity building is our astute or razor-sharp capacity to executively decide and achieve things we never had again after becoming a sexual addict. Start then the habit and practice answering Our Blessed Mother's question, "What good can you easily do here and now?" Then do it.
Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners!
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