Get The Facts: How Porn Can Contribute to an Unhealthy Cycle of Stress
Consider Before Consuming
Fight the New Drug
4.8 • 779 Ratings
🗓️ 24 August 2022
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
When a person is suffering from an addiction or compulsion, their stress response and their addiction can become intertwined in unhealthy ways, thus creating an unhealthy coping cycle.
This episode is a part of our Get The Facts series, where we explore the research on a specific topic surrounding porn’s harms to help you be more informed and more empowered with the facts.
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| 0:40.3 | My name is Garrett Johnson, and you're listening to Consider Before Consuming, a podcast by Fight |
| 0:46.6 | the New Drug. And in case you're new here, Fight the New Drug is a non-religious and non-legislative |
| 0:52.9 | organization that exists to provide individuals |
| 0:56.0 | the opportunity to make an informed decision regarding pornography by raising awareness on its |
| 1:02.0 | harmful effects using only science, facts, and personal accounts. During these episodes, we cover a wide |
| 1:09.1 | variety of topics that may be triggering to some. |
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| 1:18.7 | Welcome to Part 7 of our Get the Facts series, where we explore the research on a specific topic surrounding porn's harms on individuals, relationships, and society |
| 1:29.0 | to help you be more informed and empowered with the facts. Today's episode is how porn can contribute |
| 1:36.4 | to an unhealthy cycle of stress. You can find the sources to the claims made in this episode |
| 1:42.1 | or read along at FtnD.org forward slash get the facts. |
| 1:47.3 | Now let's get to the episode. |
| 1:51.2 | Most of us are familiar with Hercules, the ancient mythological hero known for his remarkable strength, |
| 1:58.2 | beast-slaying aptitude, and starring role on Disney Plus. But the ancient |
| 2:03.2 | stoic philosopher Epictetus had something interesting to say about Hercules that you may not have |
| 2:09.4 | considered. And I quote, What would have become of Hercules if there had been no lion, |
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