Samir Gardner cites sociologist Alfred Lindesmith to argue that porn withdrawal symptoms are mental constructs, not physical effects. People label ordinary discomforts as withdrawal, creating a self-fulfilling prophecy. The perceived symptoms may stem from expectations rather than the behavior itself.
Alfred Lindsmith was a prominent American sociologist, explained in one of his books how withdrawals essentially are simply things which people create in their minds and then create a self-fulfilling prophecy around. Because people essentially interpret, for example, the desire to go back to a behavior as a withdrawal. People interpret their head hurting as a withdrawal, when in reality these problems, these issues could just be caused by other factors or simply by a self-fulfilling prophecy rather than the substance Or the behavior itself.
