Frederick Toates Highlights • A combination of (i) an incentive motivation model of sex and (ii) dual control theory is presented. • By the criteria of (i) suffering and (ii) a shift in weight of control from goal-based to stimulus-based, sex can become addictive. • Scrutiny of the criticisms of the notion of […]
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LINK TO STUDY Tania Sultana, Javeria Sahib Din Published: June 09, 2022 (see history) DOI: 10.7759/cureus.25804 Cite this article as: Sultana T, Sahib Din J (June 09, 2022) Compulsive Sexual Behavior and Alcohol Use Disorder Treated With Naltrexone: A Case Report and Literature Review. Cureus 14(6): e25804. doi:10.7759/cureus.25804 Abstract Compulsive sexual behavior (CSB) or sexual addiction is a term that […]
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NEWS: The World Health Organization says Compulsive Sexual Behaviour Disorder Includes Porn Use YBOP COMMENT: The World Health Organization has recently UPDATED the ICD-11 Compulsive Sexual Behaviour Disorder diagnostic criteria explicitly listing “use of pornography.” This is an important addition because Problematic Porn Use is the most common behavior among those seeking treatment for Compulsive […]
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I used to have a serious problem getting hard. I’m a 16-year-old guy, no longer a virgin, and I’m pretty sure I had PIED because I used to fap basically everyday and sometimes more then 3 times a day for years. I was introduced to porn very young and it bit me in the ass […]
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I just wanted to share my story as this thread and others got me out of a bad place. When I was around 20 I stumbled onto r/nofap and only took it with a grain of salt and thought this was madness. As I continued daily PMO ever since I was about 17. It wasn’t […]
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Sharpe, M., Mead, D. Problematic Pornography Use: Legal and Health Policy Considerations. Curr Addict Rep (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40429-021-00390-8 Abstract Purpose of Review Reports of sexual violence, especially towards women and children, are rapidly increasing. At the same time, rates of problematic pornography use (PPU) are accelerating across the world too. The purpose of this review is […]
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Comment: Excellent paper analyzes more than 100 rebooting experiences and highlights what people are undergoing on recovery forums. Contradicts much of the propaganda about recovery forums (such as the nonsense that they’re all religious, or strict semen-retention extremists, etc.) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Arch Sex Behav . 2021 Jan 5. David P Fernandez 1 , Daria J Kuss 2 […]
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This is a video presentation that was given recently at the National Center on Sexual Exploitation Summit by Jeronym, a 19-year-old activist from the Czech Republic. For his final high school theses, he decided to write on the negative effects pornography has on adolescents and society. As part of this project, Jeronym conducted an extensive […]
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Kirby, M. (2021), Trends Urology & Men Health, 12: 6-10. Abstract Increased internet access has been accompanied by increased numbers of adolescent and adult men viewing online pornography, and there is growing concern about how this may affect their sexual development, sexual function, mental health and intimate relationships. This paper briefly reviews men’s relationship with […]
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Paul Wright PhD is a highly regarded, prolific pornography researcher. Apparently, he’s tired – as are many others in this field – of the deceptive tactics employed by some of the notoriously agenda-driven sexology researchers in the field (and their biased refereeing of papers). He highlights two of their stratagems in separate Letters to the […]
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