Jakarta, pornography addiction lately become a big issue in Indonesia. Addiction is often overlooked, but the impact of pornography addiction is greater than drug addiction.
Addiction to pornography is a new trend in Indonesian public health problem that affects large and in a short time can damage the psychosocial structure of society.
Addiction to pornography is a repetitive behavior to see things that stimulate sexual desire, can damage the brain and the health of a person's life, as well as pornography addicts can not stop it.
"Many people who ignore the impact of pornography, although the negative effect is greater than the drug in terms of brain damage. Not only that, pornography addicts are also more difficult to detect than pacandu drugs," said Dr. Mark B. Kastlemaan, pornography addiction expert from the USA, the show 'Executive Seminar on Combating Pornography Addiction' at Hotel Grand Kemang, Jakarta, Monday (27/09/2010).
According to Dr. Mark, pornography can cause damage to the five parts of the brain, especially in the Pre Frontal Corteks (part of the brain right behind the forehead). While drug addiction causes damage to the three parts of the brain.
Damage to the brain this will make academic achievement decreases, people can not make plans, control of passions and emotions, make decisions and various executive roles of the brain as controlling impulses. Part is what distinguishes humans from animals.
In the pornography addict, Dr Mark explains, the brain will stimulate the production of dopamine and endorphins, a brain chemical that makes sense of fun and feel better.
Under normal conditions, these substances would be very useful to make people healthier and live a life better. But with pornography, stimulating the brain will experience hyper (excessive stimulation), so the brain will be working with a very extreme and then narrowed and damaged.
"Basically people who are addicted to pornography feel the same with drug addicts, that want to continue to produce dopamine in the brain. But pornography addicts can meet the 'need' his new more easily, anytime anywhere, even through mobile phones. Finally, it will be more difficult to detect and treat than drug addiction, "explained Dr Mark who is also Head of the Education & Training Officer for Candeo, corporate research, technology and training for online addiction recovery based in the United States.
Dr. Mark said pornography is a new addiction that is not visible to the eye, not heard by the ears, but cause permanent brain damage and even exceed drug addiction.
Therefore, we need a coaching and supervision from all circles, especially for children, adolescents and young adults, in order to avoid the danger of a new addiction, namely pornography.
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