OK, you drew me back in.
Let me see if I can explain it.
As the limbs bend you are adding load to them yes, but that same bending is lending leverage to the string, because the stress is no longer being applied to it on a straight line.
Couple that leverage with the 3rd contact point (you fingers), and the string tension actually does decrease as the bow is drawn.
Not counting the apex of the shot - The string tension is at it's highest point when the bow is setting at brace. Any decreas of in line stress, and the string will begin to contract just like any material that has any amount of elasticity.
Trust me - I didn't believe it either, but after after having it explained to me by a cable engineer, and then testing it myself, my eyes were opened. Amazed would be a good way of putting it.
I've repeated the test several times with both recurve & longbow, and the results are always the same, which is - there is always a decrease in string stress as the bow is drawn, and often there is an increase in draw weight between to different strings. The draw weight change will vary, but as stated before, I've seen as much as 4# increase.
Rick