SPECT (single-photon emission computerized tomography) brain scans of addictive pornography users are alarming. Even to the untrained eye, the brains of pornography addicts are visibly depleted, worse than even the brain scans of heroin addicts.
Even more alarming, the region of the brain most depleted by addictive pornography consumption is the prefrontal cortex, the region Dr. Lawrence V. Tucker says “makes you human.”
He says its your CEO and controls every other aspect of the brain. When you’re hooked on porn, your “CEO drops off” and you “don’t make good decisions.”
“It takes over the mind,” Dr. Tucker explains. And that’s a pretty scary thing. To learn more about the harms of pornography, visit this page.
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