Just wanted to share that it’s been over a year now since I’ve watched porn! This is one of the more impressive accomplishments I’ve had and I just want to celebrate it! I’ll be honest in saying that there weren’t any real ups and downs to this, as soon as I got serious about kicking […]
McGraw, J. S., Grant Weinandy, J. T., Floyd, C. G., Hoagland, C., Kraus, S. W., & Grubbs, J. B. (2024). Psychology of Addictive Behaviors. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/adb0000996 Excerpts: Up to 11% of men and 3% of women in the United States report feelings of addiction to pornography and … 10.3% of men and 7.0% […]
I would like to share, how I feel after 400 days honestly without any exaggeration like I woke up one day with 2 wings at my back and I have started to fly or anything like that. Some of the positive things that I have noticed/felt: – Enjoying little Things: I have noticed that I […]
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Excerpts: We hypothesize that the reduction in shyness and improvement in self-control [following 3 weeks of abstinence] are potentially due to both neurological and psychological factors. The energizing effects may have been generated mainly by improved functionality of reward structures through reduced stimulation. … A shameful attitude towards one’s masturbation practice can have a negative […]
I started M at 13, multiple times a day, sometimes P but mostly imagination. I lost my virginity at 18 to my gf at the time. At best, we had mediocre sex and it was because I could only become semi-hard, not enough for anything special. After a while I lost the ability to perform […]
How Bad Habits Became Big Business Listen to David T. Courtwright’s book intro for free. Listen here (15 minutes) Tracing the rise of “limbic capitalism” through history, Courtwright explains its relevance for both behavioral addiction (such as gaming or compulsive porn use) and substance addiction. You will never again view your bad habits through the […]
YBOP and its late creator Gary Wilson have been long targeted with various deplatforming attempts and extensive defamation. A new journal article examines the 2019 “Mormon porn” smear campaign. However, that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Since Gary Wilson first created Your Brain on Porn in 2010, it provided a refreshing evidence-based perspective on […]
Excerpts: Large sample of 2,346 people aged 18–35 years old. Pornography, sexual orientation and ambivalent sexism in young adults in Spain (2024) Men who consumed pornography had higher median values of [Hostile Sexism] than those who did not. Mean values of [Benevolent Sexism] were observed to be lower for both women [β(95%CI):-2.16(-2.99;-1.32)] and men [β(95%CI):-4.30(-5.75;-2.86)] who […]
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Excerpts: These findings show that stress, anxiety, and depression are strongly related to pornography consumption and conflicting emotional experiences as well as identity problems significantly enhance vulnerability to addictive sexual behavior–related pornographic experiences…. Because of this process, it is possible that sensitized sexual arousal to Internet pornography may cause that sexual experience with a real […]
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This 2020 article does a good job of breaking down some of the common myths sexologists use to prop up the porn industry. It’s worth a re-read. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Uncomfortable truths about the industry and how it intertwines with child abuse, sex trafficking, and exploitation This article covers the direct and indirect harm of pornography from […]
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