Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence with Anna Lembke

Doctor Lembke’s Dopamine Nation has helped to inspired recovery in many who struggle with with problematic porn use. Stanford psychiatry professor Anna Lembke—New York Times bestselling author of Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence—decodes complex neuroscience into applicable strategies that explain why the relentless pursuit of pleasure can lead to pain. An […]

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Alejandro Villena, psychologist and sexologist: “Pornography has turned masturbation into something compulsive”

[Translated from Alejandro Villena, psicólogo y sexólogo: “La pornografía ha convertido la masturbación en algo compulsivo”] Alejandro Villena, psychologist and sexologist: “Pornography has turned masturbation into something compulsive”. Madrid 13/10/2023 21:37  María Martínez Collado @mariaa_0600 Alejandro Villena is a general health psychologist, sexologist and research director at the association Dale Una Vuelta, a social project […]

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How Abstinence Affects Preferences

Here’s some research done a while ago by Dutch data scientist Alec Sproten for his own satisfaction. It’s entitled “How Abstinence Affects Preferences.” Main Findings Abstaining from pornography and masturbation increases the ability to delay rewardsParticipating in a period of abstinence renders people more willing to take risksAbstinence renders people more altruisticAbstinence renders people more […]

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Clarifying and extending our understanding of problematic pornography use through descriptions of the lived experience

Excerpts: Our findings shed new light on various sexual and non-sexual functional impairments related to PPU [problematic porn use] that have yet to be robustly examined in the existing literature. Our findings corroborate increasing evidence that many individuals with PPU experience tolerance and desensitisation effects, which can lead to escalating use [evidence of addiction]. [PPU […]

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