Connor Beaton explores why some men feel constantly sexually driven. Repeated porn exposure alters dopamine in the brain, raising the baseline needed for pleasure. What looks like high libido is actually hypersexuality, a state where men seek sexual stimulation even during stress.
I love sex. I really enjoy it. Maybe they aren't in their relationship having enough sex. What about those guys? Is there something specific happening in their brains or in their bodies that are producing this like, I can never, you know?
Hypersexuality. The way that dopamine is released and processed in the brain changes upon 2 exposures to pornography. It basically makes it so that the baseline of dopamine that's needed to feel pleasure increases. So what many men feel is a very high libido is actually hypersexuality, but they don't know any different. You're always looking, seeking, and searching, pursuing sex at very high levels. It makes sense that that's not necessarily libido, right? Like if you feel very sexual in the middle of your workday, that's not how high libido works. If you're working and work feels a little stressed, stressful, and all of a sudden you feel super sexual, that's hypersexuality.
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