Here’s an anecdote: my daughter has been staying with us for the last week or so. Not sure how [my wife and daughter] got onto the subject of relationships and pornography but they did. My wife then retold to me what my daughter had said to her – and remember my daughter is 21 and […]
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I promised myself when i first started on August 23rd 2022, that i would give back to the community on my journey. I had told myself that i would make a post on the 250th 500th 750th & 1000th day. So lets begin. I started PMO at the age of around 15 having heard about […]
Comments: It’s useful that the authors of this academic Comment opine that, “The Male Sedation Hypothesis suggests that [online] virtual experiences provide counterfeit fitness cues of sexual needs being met, and thus reduce the motivation for engaging in real-life mating effort as well as engaging in risky behaviors.” But why don’t they point out that […]
Table 2 of Frequency of Pornography Use and Sexual Health Outcomes in Sweden: Analysis of a National Probability Survey reveals survey results for men who use porn ≤ 3 times per week. Some of these survey results are deeply concerning. Sadly, the abstract of the paper downplays the ill effects of porn – especially […]
I could stop ✋️ it for 5 months at last and here is what I learned:1- It happened gradually and it had to be so . When a week passed without it ,I couldn’t believe it .2- Every time I fell ,I didn’t start counting from the beginning. Just lost 1 battle but not […]
Stanford University neuroscience professor Andrew Huberman explains the risks of porn use to young users. Some end up wiring their brains to screen sex, and don’t respond to real partners. Huberman covers many other subjects of interest to those recovering from problematic porn use as well. […]
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I feel a good shift in my mindset and thinking. 1) I don’t deny that there can be physically attractive ‘bait’ in both real life or online, but unlike before this does not impel or compel me to M2) abstinence has taught me that most of the women who appear as ‘bait’ are bad […]
I have recently passed 250 days of semen retention. I promised myself when i first started on August 23rd 2022, that i would give back to the community on my journey. I had told myself that i would make a post on the 250th 500th 750th & 1000th day. So lets begin. I started […]
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Masters thesis by Shirah Theron on ResearchGateStellenbosch University, 2023 Abstract Since the dawn of the internet, pornography has effectively become ubiquitous, pervasive, and increasingly normalised. Study findings show remarkable similarities in how the brain reacts to pornography, and other known addictive substances, and indicate that consuming pornography is comparable to consuming other known addictive substances. […]
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