Journal of Behavioral Addictions Volume/Issue: Volume 9: Issue 2 Authors: Gemma Mestre-Bach 1 , Gretchen R. Blycker 2 , 3 and Marc N. [email protected] 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1556/2006.2020.00015 Abstract With the global expansion of the COVID-19 pandemic, social or physical distancing, quarantines, and lockdowns have become more prevalent. […]
Read More… from Pornography use in the setting of the COVID-19 pandemic (2020)
I’ll preface this by saying that I have nothing against gay people, and this post isn’t intended to slight anyone on the spectrum of different sexual preferences. I dated “Sarah” for roughly 1.5 years, and we broke up over a year ago. Coming into the relationship, I was a pretty consistent porn user. I watched […]
YBOP COMMENTS: Unique study comparing female porn users to non-users. Looks like addiction to the authors: The results indicate that the viewing of the pornographic clip (vs. control clip) causes an activation of Brodmann’s area 45 of the right hemisphere (BA 45, pars triangularis). An effect also appears between the level of self-reported consumption and […]
I am nearly 500 days in, so I give myself permission to talk about “super powers” after nearly 1.5year of hardmode. Confidence. I’ll talk with anyone I find interesting and truly don’t care what they think. Got a pretty girl’s number at the gym I found interesting. We had a lot of chats at the […]
Read More… from Almost 500 days – The “super power benefits”
I just want to take the time to tell you about my success story, in the hopes it may help anyone struggling to keep up the good fight. I (31M) have somewhat recently lost my V-card, to a woman I am head over heels in love with. Previously I had suffered pretty extreme performance anxiety […]
Read More… from Age 31 – Porn-induced ED and delayed ejaculation cured
I finally did it after many, many, maaaaaany tries. I think I finally understand what´s the only way to do it (for me), and I want to share it with you all. I´m 26 years old and I´ve doing PMO since 12 or 13. And I mean HARD PMO, I mean hours and hours per […]
Me Before Starting This Journey: I was overweight I lacked confidence. I wasn’t even able to talk front of my class. I used to always feel myself sleepy. The worst effect of pornography is that it diminishes your mental resources. Concentrating on cognitively challenging activities became far harder for me. I had very weak immune […]
That’s how many woman who are working in the porn industry. [Millions?] And they are after who ? That’s right. They are after you. Imagine, just imagine, all this people in the picture I put, as young and attractive (some more than others), naked females. who have all only one goal and job in mind: […]
Read More… from Age 25 – “You can’t beat porn. Only run from it”
I want to thank many users who answered my doubts and gave me all the encouragement I needed … thank you very much. I’ll be brief, so I’ll go straight to the benefits of this: Benefits that changed my life 1.-I had a problem with imagining my girlfriend having relationships with other people, not anymore! […]
Read More… from Age 25 – Amazing orgasms! Insomnia and morbid sexual thoughts gone
YBOP COMMENTS: “Problematic Pornography Use” (porn addiction) was associated with cravings, depression, anxiety, PTSD, insomnia & higher frequency of use – but NOT religiosity. Cravings indicate “sensitization,” which is a key addiction-related brain change. In fact, the severity of cravings and frequency of porn use were the strongest predictors of PPU (porn addiction). Put simply, […]