Science behind how PMO leads to Social Anxiety & Depression

from experience PMO did not give me any if these ussues. However it is likely that porn will take away time from these activities and rewire the brain into getting easy stimulation.

 

There are certain post on this forum related to this topic. Or else you can even search on the internet. It is all about the level of dopamine and dopamine receptors in your brain which get affected due to PMO.

 

Dopamine is fundamental which means we cannot very well even imagine a world without it in response to pleasure to get us to continue searching for the same stimulus.
Depression is serotonin and noreepinephrine at the top not dopamine. To much Dopamine causes psychosis and to little causes Parkinson so a neurosis from improper regulation is intuitive at least from my perspective. Abstaining from something is a way to return balance and those with "addictive personality" will benefit most (and likely have the most difficulty).
The more and stronger stimulation causes tolerance and less response to stimuli and the depression comes in the form tolerance and making what used to stimulate that neurotransmiter just fine do nothing which can lead to being withdrawn and uninterested without that reward one used to get.
Obviously without an imbalance "nofap" would be a maintenance program of sorts and those with massive imbalance can be life changing.

 

I advice you to visit the PUBMED site. PUBMED is that major source for scientific article and there you can find many articles (if they are accessibile for free) about everything porn and internet addiciton included.

 

I see it the other way: Social anxiety & depression leads to PMO.
PMO is a way to escape from fears and doubts. It is an escape from making decisions.