Sticking to the Content: A Response to the Prause & Pfaus letter “Red Herring: Hook, Line, and Stinker” (by Gabe Deem)

I am certainly not alone in my grave concerns about the Nicole Prause & Jim Pfaus ED paper (P&P). Recently, Sexual Medicine Open Access published a Letter to the Editor by Richard A. Isenberg MD, which made many of the same observations as did my critique. As is customary when a letter critical of a […]

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Is Addiction a Brain Disease? (2017) Kent Berridge response to Marc Lewis

Neuroethics. 2017 Apr; 10(1): 29–33. Published online 2016 Nov 7. doi:  10.1007/s12152-016-9286-3 PMCID: PMC5503469 NIHMSID: NIHMS840286 PMID: 28706571 Abstract Where does normal brain or psychological function end, and pathology begin? The line can be hard to discern, making disease sometimes a tricky word. In addiction, normal ‘wanting’ processes become distorted and excessive, according to the […]

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Analysis of “Sexual Desire, Not Hypersexuality, Is Related To Neurophysiological Responses Elicited by Sexual Images” (Steele et al., 2013)

THE REALLY SHORT VERSION: Some years ago, David Ley and study spokesperson Nicole Prause teamed up to write a Psychology Today blog post about Steele et al., 2013 called “Your Brain on Porn – It’s NOT Addictive“. The blog post appeared 5 months before Prause’s EEG study was formally published. Its oh-so-catchy title is misleading […]

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Age 26 – Greater confidence, Less social anxiety, I had depression & panic attacks. I’m still taking meds but now I’m happier than ever.

M27YO – Before this I was with depression and panic attacks. I’m still taking my meds but now I’m happier than ever 🙂 *Confidence / less social anxiety. It’s easier for me to just go talk to a girl and take my chances. I prefer “no” as the answer than not asking at all. At […]

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Porn Addiction Is Not Sex Addiction–And Why It Matters (2011)

Video by Gabe Deem –Porn Addiction Is NOT Sex Addiction: SASH Conference, 2015 UPDATE (2018): Study finds differences between porn use and other forms of problematic sexual behavior, and researchers wonder if internet porn use should be categorized separately from hypersexuality (“sex addiction”): One issue is whether problematic pornography use may be considered a subcategory […]

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Age 29 – Right now, I feel more confident and relaxed than I have ever felt in the last 15 years.

Today is my 45th straight day without PMO! While I can’t say that getting to 45 days has eliminated all of the problems in my life (Spoiler Alert for those of you just getting started: Ditching porn and masturbation will NOT get rid of every issue that you are dealing with…), I can definitively say […]

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Age 40 – No stress, Clear headed, Overall sense of well being, People gather around me at work (a lot), More confident & easy going

Much deeper voice Clear headed People gather and sit around me at work (a lot) Better, more restful sleep Energy to work on projects after getting off work Cleaning up and organizing more No stress More Confident and easy going I quit coffee Cold showers for past 53 days Gym for past 35 days Seems […]

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Age 17 – I got a Girlfriend & lost my Virginity, Better relationships with my friends, I started enjoying the little things in life again.

Best 3 months of my Life. I started this whole nofap Thing because i wanted do get rid of my acne, it helped but it’s not completely cleared. I lost the interest in Video Games and Netflix. I started running and look more on my health and so on. I got a Girlfriend and lost […]

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