Using Sex to Cope with Nervous System Shut Down
Men with a sexual addiction use sex, pornography and masturbation to pull themselves out of that pit, that state of dysregulation, that feeling of hopelessness, exhaustion and shut down. This pattern gets wired in the brain.
Sex Addiction and a Dysregulated Nervous System
When your nervous system deems your surroundings safe, you move about life with relative ease, getting things done, interacting with people as you need and want to, and feeling pretty good overall.