Andrew Huberman Lashes out the TRUTH OF MASTURBATION - Why Masturbation is killing the YOUTHS!
Summary
TLDRIn this video script, a biologist and neuroscientist discusses the impact of pornography and masturbation on sexual health, focusing on the neurochemical responses. They explain how excessive stimulation from pornography can reinforce a high dopaminergic response, potentially leading to sexual dysfunction. The script also delves into the role of prolactin and dopamine in sexual arousal and the post-orgasmic 'low,' suggesting that masturbation and pornography can undermine healthy sexual processes and lead to an unmotivated state, drawing parallels to drug addiction and the depletion of dopamine.
Takeaways
- 🧠 The speaker, a biologist and neuroscientist, discusses the effects of pornography and masturbation on the brain and sexual behavior.
- 🔁 The repeated use of pornography can reinforce a high dopaminergic response to watching sexual content, which differs from real-life sexual experiences.
- 🚹 The speaker notes a correlation between pornography use and sexual dysfunction, particularly in males, and acknowledges a lack of knowledge on the female perspective.
- 📉 The dopamine system is heavily involved in the sexual arousal and orgasm process, with a drop in dopamine levels post-orgasm leading to a potential sense of emptiness.
- 🔗 The use of pornography and masturbation can undermine the natural processes of finding a mate, dating, and sexual interaction.
- 🤔 The concept of self-bonding is questioned, as the neurochemical response after masturbation through pornography may not fulfill the same role as bonding with a partner.
- 📉 Post-orgasm, a hormone called prolactin increases, which can blunt dopamine and testosterone release, potentially leading to amotivational states.
- 💊 The speaker compares the dopamine depletion from pornography use to that of drug abuse and addiction, where an initial high is followed by a need for more to achieve the same effect.
- ⚖️ While acknowledging the positive aspects of dopamine release through healthy activities, the speaker warns against the dangers of large dopamine peaks without associated effort or self-organization.
- 🎶 The script concludes with a musical interlude, possibly to reflect on the discussed topics.
Q & A
What is the speaker's professional background?
-The speaker identifies as a biologist and a neuroscientist, not a psychologist.
Why do people feel comfortable asking the speaker about pornography and masturbation?
-The speaker suggests it might be because they are male, which could make people feel more comfortable discussing these topics.
What are the potential neurological effects of repeatedly engaging in masturbation with pornography?
-The speaker explains that it reinforces a high dopaminergic response to watching others engage in sexual behavior, which is different from first-person sexual experiences.
How does the speaker relate pornography use to sexual dysfunction?
-The speaker indicates that there is a correlation between pornography use and the fear or experience of sexual dysfunction, particularly in males.
What is the difference between how males and females use pornography according to the speaker?
-The speaker notes that males tend to use visual pornography, while females are more likely to use literary forms of erotic content.
What is the role of the parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous systems in sexual arousal and orgasm?
-The speaker describes that sexual arousal is initially parasympathetically dominant, while the orgasm and ejaculation response is strongly associated with the sympathetic nervous system, which is a stress response.
What happens neurochemically after ejaculation in males?
-After ejaculation, there is a significant increase in prolactin, which blunts dopamine and testosterone release for an extended period.
Why might masturbation with pornography undermine healthy sexual processes?
-The speaker suggests that it taps into the dopamine system in a way that can interfere with processes like finding a mate, dating, and sexual interaction.
What is the concept of an 'open loop' in the context of self-bonding after sexual release?
-The speaker discusses that after sexual release through pornography, there is a sense of emptiness or open loop due to the absence of a real partner, which contrasts with the neurochemical bonding that occurs with a real sexual partner.
How does the dopamine system's response to pornography compare to that of drug abuse?
-The speaker compares the dopamine surge from pornography to that of drug abuse, noting that both can lead to a depletion of the dopamine system over time, with users requiring more to achieve the same high.
What is the speaker's stance on the consumption of energy drinks in relation to dopamine?
-While the speaker acknowledges the dopaminergic effects of energy drinks, they do not view them as pathological and admit to occasionally enjoying them, suggesting moderation is key.
Outlines
🔬 Impact of Pornography and Masturbation on Dopamine and Sexual Health
The speaker, a biologist and neuroscientist, discusses the effects of frequent masturbation and pornography consumption on the brain's dopamine system. They explain that these activities can reinforce a high dopaminergic response to watching others engage in sexual behavior, which differs from personal sexual experiences. This reinforcement does not improve communication skills but instead can lead to sexual dysfunction. The speaker also explains the physiological process of sexual arousal and orgasm, highlighting how ejaculation in males is associated with a surge of the hormone prolactin, which can blunt dopamine and testosterone release, potentially leading to a sense of emptiness or lack of motivation. They question whether self-bonding occurs through pornography-induced orgasm and suggest that the neurochemical changes involved might leave individuals in an unfulfilled state, akin to creating a messy environment that does not contribute to positive dopamine amplification.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Masturbation
💡Dopamine
💡Pornography
💡Sexual Dysfunction
💡Parasympathetic Nervous System
💡Sympathetic Nervous System
💡Prolactin
💡Pair Bonding
💡Oxytocin
💡Amotivational Syndrome
Highlights
Individuals engaging in masturbation with potent forms of stimulation can reinforce a high dopaminergic response to watching sexual behavior.
This reinforcement does not improve communication skills and can lead to sexual dysfunction.
Pornography can lead to a fear of or experience with sexual dysfunction, particularly in males.
Females tend to use literary pornography rather than visual, which may affect their sexual arousal differently.
Sexual arousal initially requires a parasympathetic response, which can be blunted by stress.
Orgasm and ejaculation are associated with the sympathetic nervous system, a stress response.
After ejaculation, prolactin increases, which blunts dopamine and testosterone release, potentially affecting pair bonding.
Masturbation and pornography can undermine healthy processes of finding a mate and sexual interaction.
The question of self-bonding through sexual release is complex and may leave an 'open loop' or emptiness.
The absence of a real sexual partner can lead to a neurochemical imbalance, including a drop in dopamine.
Dopamine depletion can result in an a-motivated state, similar to the effects of drug abuse and addiction.
Initial dopamine surges from drugs of abuse can lead to increased usage to achieve a less satisfying high over time.
Energy drinks can also lead to stacking of dopaminergic tools, though not as pathologic as drug abuse.
Dopamine release is natural in healthy behaviors like sexual activity, food, and social engagement.
It's the large dopamine peaks not associated with effort or self-organization that are particularly dangerous.
Transcripts
I was starting to get a lot of questions
I was kind of surprised I thought well
you know I'm male and you know maybe
that's why they feel comfortable asking
me if you were saying that we're asking
about pornography and they were asking
you know I I realize we want to
um you know I'll just be direct about
they were asking whether or not
masturbation was bad they were asking
whether or not masturbation with
ejaculation was particularly bad and
here's my stance on this I'm a biologist
and a neuroscientist not a psychologist
but what we know for sure is that if an
individual repeatedly engages in this
circuitry let's say masturbation and
pornography with increasingly
um potent forms of stimulation that are
on a screen a couple of things happen
first of all what's being reinforced
what's being reinforced is a high
dopaminergic response to watching other
people engage in sexual behavior which
is very different than being in a first
person sexual experience okay so right
there you know that what's being
reinforced is not actually any kind of
improvement in communication skills it's
Warriors them and and as these questions
started to come in more and more I
started to realize there was a lot of
kind of undertones of people talking
about fear of or experience with sexual
dysfunction that clearly pornography can
lead to and here I'm specifically
talking about males I actually don't
know the literature on females so here
I'm talking about females don't use
visual pornography to the same degree
they use literary pornography
so yeah so and then you start to think
about okay what happens in the Cascade
or the Arc of of sexual arousal and and
orgasm what happens is that initially
there's a it's parasympathetically
dominant meaning if somebody is too uh
stressed they actually can't engage in
sexual behavior the arousal response
doesn't occur
erection is blunted but the actual
orgasm response and ejaculation is
strongly associated with the so-called
sympathetic nervous system which has
nothing to do with sympathy has
everything to do with it's a kind of a
stress response and then it reverses to
a parasympathetic response and that
hormone called prolactin increases
dramatically after ejaculation in males
what does that do that blunts dopamine
release and testosterone for a very long
period of time which makes sense if pair
bonding and sort of you know in our
species anywhere there's this idea that
then other molecules would be exchanged
with Partners pair bonding potential for
raising mates Etc without getting into a
huge discussion about that the point is
this masturbation
pornography are potently tapping into
the dopamine system and can undermine
the very processes of which I consider
healthy processes of finding a mate you
know dating communication eventually if
it's appropriate sexual interaction Etc
it's undermining
oh so okay so here's a question if if if
you're if you're seeking sexual release
through pornography and you go through
the whole cycle and you get a prolactin
release do you bond with yourself so
this is very interesting the um it's the
biology explains it as what's left there
is a kind of an open loop a kind of an
emptiness right because bonding with the
self is a complicated notion I mean it
had there's a healthy version of that of
course loving oneself and yeah um and
self-referencing and again this is more
you're done far more your domain than
mine in terms of how what a healthy
self-relation is but in the absence of a
real partner there of a absence of real
sexual partner there's an open loop of
neurochemicals including oxytocin and
prolactin the dopamine remember dopamine
goes up during Pursuit anticipation then
Peaks and then crashes below Baseline
after orgasm and ejaculation so this
kind of low that people fear is putting
them into an a-motivated State we can
think of this if I were to kind of
expand on it would be it's the kind of a
neurochemical psychological equivalent
of making your home environment filthy
for a while not actually putting you
into this positive amplification of
dopamine so it depletes the dopamine
system and it's likewise in drugs of
abuse and addiction it eventually
depletes the dopamine system initially
there's a huge dopamine surge with drugs
of abuse like methamphetamine and
cocaine but over time people are using
more and more to achieve what is not
such a great High you even see this a
little bit
with um kind of consumption of energy
drinks like people are taking more and
more chemicals within their energy
drinks and they're thinking about loud
fast music energy drinks it's kind of
stacking of dopaminergic tools now
that's not as pathologic in fact I'm I'm
there are some energy drinks I'll
occasionally drink and I enjoy them
um I don't think we need to be entirely
afraid of pursuing or engaging in things
that release dopamine obviously healthy
sexual behavior food that we love social
engagement all of these things can be
dopaminergic it's the big peaks in
dopamine that are not associated with
any prior effort or organization of self
that are particularly dangerous for the
human being
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