Viagra, the accidental wonder drug, which is 25 years old, transformed the love life of millions. But with anxiety and porn addiction on the rise, are men using it to avoid facing up to their problems? Article by Matt Rudd Excerpt: Mary Sharpe, chief executive of the Reward Foundation, a relationships and sex education charity, […]
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Introduction I consider to have started my NoFap journey on September 2019, so it is almost 4 years in the NoFap journey. NoFap has lead to absolutely massive positive life changes for me and I thought I’d give something back to the community. Particularly I wish to give hope to those struggling with ADHD that […]
80+-page research report Executive Summary (from p. 4) by Melissa Farley, Erica Bergkvist, Merly Asbogard, Johanna Pethrus, Mikaela Lannergren, Luba Fein, Nacima B. Jerari The following excerpts come from this research on prostitution and filmed prostitution (porn), released in Stockholm on October 17, 2023: We describe the parallels between prostitution, pornography production, and trafficking with […]
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There’s a semi-viral tweet by a porn-industry friendly sexologist, David Ley, going around claiming that a well-known study from China has been retracted. The problem is that the underlying research hasn’t actually been retracted. If you find this confusing, you aren’t alone. Scientists who conduct research on problematic porn users (and related topics) often face […]
Just a post about my success so far and some realistic look into benefits and struggles I still have. I’ve been free of internet porn for almost two months now. I quit because I began dating someone nearly two months ago, and she asked me not to do it so I quit. Shortly thereafter I […]
[Original article] TOKYO — While a large amount of traffic to the world’s most viewed adult website comes from Japan, the effects of internet pornography are rarely discussed in the country. Yet addiction is becoming a serious issue, with 5.7% of university students in a 2021 study saying it causes problems in their daily lives. […]
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I know many would probably say: Go do Cold Showers or Eat Clean with less protein and less sugar or go Pray when you feel any urges. But for me it was only one Statement or one Message what has helped me the most and this was: “The Heart of every single Woman is more […]
[January, 2023] 60 days ago started my reboot. Addicted to PMO for 13 years. Had weak erections and DE and used not to enjoy sex. Would wank almost daily. The books that changed my life was Power Over Pornography by Brian Brandenburg and Your Brain on Porn by Gary Wilson . I’m more confident can […]
I have been reading posts on this forum for a long time and it has helped me on my journey tremendously so I want to say thank you to all of you. I decided to create an account just to have a rant about my experience cause it’s something that I never told anyone […]
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Frontiers in Psychiatry 08 August 2023, Volume 14 – 2023 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1240222 Development of sexual identity during adolescence is a major process of transition in individual life which in cases of ADHD specifically interacts with other ontogenetic, pathological and psychosocial conditions. According to recent findings growing consumption of internet pornography mainly in male ADHD population […]
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Donald S Crain, MD and Michael T Marshall, MD and John E Kehoe, MD:
“There appears to be a relationship between pornography use and sexual dysfunction in men who report a preference for masturbation to pornography rather than sexual intercourse.”
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