esence of this chemical is “seared” in the brain. This helps explain how a
couple in love can remember the smallest details of their beloved features…
- Testosterone: …Testosterone is known as the hormone of sexual desire in both man
and women. For man, however, it is the key hormone of desire, triggering feeling
of positive energy and well being…
- Oxytocin: … the flood of oxytocin at climax acts as natural tranquilizer,
lowering blood pressure, blunting sensitivity to pain and stress, and inducing
- Serotonin: This natural chemical is released right after climax, bringing on
deep feeling of calmness, satisfaction and release from stress. Anti-depressant
drug like Prozac are design to increase levels of serotonin.
- The Experience is More Than Just Physical: As husband and wife move down the
funnel together, there is more to the experience than just chemicals released in
the physical body… the mind; heart and spirit are all joined together… 4. A
Climax of Many Things: … the final crescendo resents a culmination of all the
things husband and wife have shared – doing the dishes, paying the bills,
raising the children…all that … make up a marriage.
Just like in marriage, a pornography viewer goes through a similar process. The involved chemicals, however, produce a completely different result.
The Narrowing Process on Internet Porn
When an individual enters the funnel
through the viewing of pornography, the physical and chemical processes are virtually
identical to those in marital sexual intimacy, but with some radical differences
- A Narrowing Process: At the top of the funnel, before beginning to view
pornography, the individual enjoys a wide perspective of the world. Pornography
addicts … describe the top of the funnel as reality: their public self… Just as
in the marriage funnel, the porn viewer begins blocking out distractions – but
he is blocking out much more. He is alone. The object of his narrowing is …
pornographic images. So along with work, paying bills, etc he also begins
blocking out all thoughts of God, his marriage, family, morals, commitments and
consequences… 2. 3. The Experience is More Than Just Sexual: There is a lot more
going on in the Pornography Funnel than sexual arousal. In fact, remove the
sexual arousal from the process and any similarities to sexual intimacy in a
healthy marriage cease… While sliding down the Pornography Funnel, a tidal wave
of conflicting and confusing images and messages wash over viewer… visual images
are stored as emotional memories in the brain before the logic center realize
what has happened… when the logic brain catches up… and brings on a “fight or
flight” type response. The adrenaline gland sends out cortisol, the “stress
hormone,” which in turn activates myriad body-system process to counteract
stress. In essence, the entire pornography process is intensified and
supercharged, far beyond what sexual arousal alone would accomplish… The human
system is not design to deal with this overwhelming level of conflicting
stimulations… This is why many neuropsychologists … refer to pornography as
“visual crack cocaine”.. 4. An Empty and Hollow Climax: … When one uses
pornography to reach climax, the brain desensitizes to the images, habituates to
them, and eventually becomes bored. An increase in the variety of images and/or
time spent on the Internet is required to maintain stimulation levels… In a
healthy marriage relationship, sexual intimacy in only a part of everything else
going on in the couple’s life… So when the couple “brings all of that into the
bedroom” it is highly unlikely that the brain will habituate to the sexual
process… 5. When Reality Returns – the Hopeless Dialogue: When the porn viewer
emerges from the narrowest part of the funnel back to a wide perspective, the
heartless “drug-high” of pornography and climax quickly dissipate. Suddenly his
rational thinking returns and the hopeless dialogue begins: “What have I done?
What was I thinking?” … he wasn’t thinking, that was the problem! Once he
descends into the Pornography Funnel, he gives up his ability t