Your Brain On Porn

What happens when you ejaculate too much?  

Scientists are discovering a neurochemical "hangover" after sexual satiety, which if overridden by more ejaculation, adversely affects mood and the ability to cope with stimulants. First we'll look at the science; then we'll consider what it might mean for those masturbating more frequently than they would have without Internet porn.

Study exposes secret world of porn addiction, May 10, 2012

A major study from the University of Sydney has shed light on the secret world of excessive porn viewing and the devastating effect it has on users and their families.

Dr Gomathi Sitharthan of the Faculty of Health Sciences and Professor Raj Sitharthan from the Department of Psychiatry of the University of Sydney conducted an online study of 800 people who watch porn to gain an unprecedented insight into who suffers from porn addiction and how their addiction affects them.

Care to weigh in on Internet pornography/cybersex addiction?

Psychiatry's latest Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-5) is about to be set in stone. The third and final round of comments ends June 15, 2012. It's everyone's duty to take a hard look at this manual. Although many healthcare professionals cheerfully disregard the DSM's pronouncements when assessing and treating their clients and patients, journalists and insurance companies consider it psychiatry's bible.

Bizarrely, the DSM-5 has now banished both disorders that address Internet addiction to the appendix—euphemistically renamed "Section III" (items requiring further research). The two disorders are Internet Use Disorder and Hypersexual Disorder (cybersex and pornography excess). This move means these are not officially conditions as far as the doctors of the DSM are concerned.

10-27 So I'm 24 years old, and have been MO since around 12 or 13, and to P when I could get it. Only since started university 5 years ago have I had regular access to high speed internet, and that's when I noticed the changes. On average, I would say I PMO 5 or 6 times a week. I wasn't a social recluse or anything, I still loved hooking up with women and being social. However, there was always a strange sort of nagging when I was in bed with a girl, as if I'd almost rather be masturbating and not having to worry about what she thinks or whatever. Basically, my sex drive/life was extremely inconsistent. At my lowest lows, I couldn't get it up and was miserable, depressed and embarassed.

Ex-porn user outlines the challenge of explaining porn's genuine risks

As the hard, cold physical reality of Internet porn addiction grips more viewers, and they struggle through the distress of withdrawal, they are asking why the mechanics and risks of Internet porn addiction aren't more evident in mainstream advice. Below, I reproduce the insights of one such observer. His words appeared on a site called www.yourbrainrebalanced.com.

1- 02 I'm also taking the 2012 Challenge...with a 4 day lead. I spent all of 2011 quitting porn. I gave up many times, relapsed, binged, escalated my porn use. Porn blockers are useless, I'd always find a way around them. It's a shit experience, I know it for a fact, but you have to keep trying. It's all about persistence.

Parton medical clinic sees rise in erectile dysfunction

By Saadiah Schmidt. Thu, 05/03/2012

The last three years have witnessed an upsurge in the number of male students reporting erectile dysfunction and other sex-related problems at Parton Health Center, according to Director and College Physician Dr. Mark Peluso.

“They can’t get an erection or maintain an erection with a female partner,” Peluso said. “They think they need Viagra.”

In a typical office visit, Peluso will ask his patient a series of questions: Are you attracted to your partner? Are you intimate? Do you have a sexually inhibiting medical condition? Are you using substances, such as alcohol, that impair sexual performance? Do you feel attracted to other men? According to Peluso, the answer to all of these questions is usually “no.”

However, “in the majority of cases, the patients were habitual viewers of pornography, and had no difficulty with sexual performance when they were by themselves,” Peluso said.

Noting the increased use of online pornography, Peluso suggests an inverse relationship between porn and potency — as porn use increases, so do sexual insufficiencies.

by Mark Manson

A couple years ago, I stumbled across some research and articles about the pornography and the negative effects it could be having on men and their sex lives. I found it interesting, but never gave it too much thought after that. Then some time last year I stumbled across this video: Erectile Dysfunction and Porn

It caught my attention because not only had I struggled with sexual anxiety and had bouts of inability to perform in the past, but being a dating coach, I had talked to a lot of men who struggled with the same issues, men often in their 20′s and 30′s. A recent survey by Esquire showed 43% of men reported difficulty getting or maintaining an erection at least some of the time, with 24% reporting that they had difficulty “more often than I’d like to admit.”