Introduction As Your Brain on Porn has been continuously engaged in vigorous debate around the subject of compulsive pornography consumption since before 2011, our website certainly doesn’t take issue with, or fear, opposing views. Our identity is trademarked. Sexual health experts are welcome to offer views about internet pornography’s effects that differ from our views. […]
Said a recovering porn user:
I knew I was more than I appeared to be. More knowledgeable, funnier, more socially intelligent. I had all of these skills, but I couldn’t use them. It was like driving a Ferrari and being stuck in 1st gear.
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Front Psychol. 2019 Sep 3;10:1959. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01959. Yang G1, Cao J2, Li Y2, Cheng P3, Liu B2, Hao Z2, Yao H2, Shi D4, Peng L2, Guo L2, Ren Z2. Abstract Background: It is well established that increased internet use is related to an increased risk of musculoskeletal pain among adolescents. The relationship between internet addiction […]
Front Public Health. 2019 Sep 6;7:247. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2019.00247. Wang JL1, Sheng JR1, Wang HZ2. Abstract As a new type of addictive behaviors and distinct from traditional internet game addiction on desktop computers, mobile game addiction has attracted researchers’ attention due to its possible negative effects on mental health issues. However, very few studies have particularly […]
PeerJ. 2019 Jul 17;7:e7357. doi: 10.7717/peerj.7357. Wang W1, Zhou DD1, Ai M2, Chen XR1, Lv Z1, Huang Y3, Kuang L2. Abstract Background: Adolescence is a vulnerable period of life, and many mental health and behavioral problems emerge during this particular period, including depression, internet addiction (IA), and suicidal behaviors. Poor quality of life (QOL) and […]
Pornographie, comportements sexuels et conduites à risque en milieu universitaire Bulot, B. Leurent, F. Collier Sexologies, Volume 24, Issue 4, October–December 2015, Pages 187-193 Summary Introduction The pornography industry is a pervasive influence on adolescents, nearly all of whom are exposed to it via the internet, either willingly or unwillingly and at a more or […]
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COMMENTS: In Spanish, except for the abstract. Average age was 65. Contains surprising findings that thoroughly support the addiction model: 73% used porn 24% reported WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS when unable to access porn (anxiety, irritability, depression, etc.) 50% believed porn use interfered with their lives ————————————————————————————————————————————– Signos y síntomas de adicción al cibersexo en adultos mayores […]
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COMMENTS: Men spent more time looking at sexting images when they assumed that the pictures were distributed non-consensually. Excerpt: The results from this study show that viewing behavior and the evaluation of sexting images are influenced by the supposed way of distribution. In line with objectification theory men who assumed that the pictures were distributed […]
Neurotoxicol Teratol. 2019 Sep 7;76:106834. doi: 10.1016/j.ntt.2019.106834. Dow-Edwards D1, MacMaster FP2, Peterson BS3, Niesink R4, Andersen S5, Braams BR6. Abstract Adolescence is a period of dramatic neural reorganization creating a period of vulnerability and the possibility for the development of psychopathology. The maturation of various neural circuits during adolescence depends, to a large degree, on […]
Front Psychiatry. 2019; 10: 600. Published online 2019 Aug 27. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00600 PMCID: PMC6718472 PMID: 31507468 Kell Grandjean Costa, 1 Daniel Aranha Cabral, 1 Rodrigo Hohl, 2 and Eduardo Bodnariuc Fontes 1 , * Abstract Drug addiction is a worldwide public health problem, resulting from multiple phenomena, including those both social and biological. Chronic use of […]