Comments: Porn addiction naysayers make the claim that viewing nature is no different neurologically than viewing porn. Of course this claim is nonsense – as this study shows. Evgenii Kim, MSc, Sungchul Kim, MSc, Phillips V. Zephaniah, MSc, Songhyun Lee, PhD, Eloise Anguluan, MSc, Kwangsung Park, MD, PhD, Jae Gwan Kim, PhD DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esxm.2018.05.001 Abstract […]
Read More… from Simultaneous Monitoring of Hemodynamic Response in the Pre-Frontal Cortex and Genital Organ During Sexual Arousal Using Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (2018)
So like I’m on day 81 of no masturbation and no porn. It’s been a crazy ride but goddamn it’s been good. I’m proud so say I’ve reached the 2 goals(reasons) of why I started the program from the beginning. I used to have a weak erection each and every time I wore condoms and […]
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It feels necessary to do this, I feel like it was a huge accomplishment I went from six years of social anxiety, awkward and annoying all the way to confident, funny and social. Im going to explain all that I went through and how my life was a living hell and how I got to […]
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COMMENTS: In this new paper, top researchers ask whether internet porn problems should be categorized differently from other problematic sexual behaviors based on study results. They also suggest that porn problems may be better categorized as “addictions” rather than “impulse control disorders,” given the evidence supports both – but porn problems don’t fit in well […]
Read More… from Revisiting the Role of Impulsivity and Compulsivity in Problematic Sexual Behaviors (2018)
I am certainly not alone in my grave concerns about the Nicole Prause & Jim Pfaus ED paper (P&P). Recently, Sexual Medicine Open Access published a Letter to the Editor by Richard A. Isenberg MD, which made many of the same observations as did my critique. As is customary when a letter critical of a […]
Read More… from Sticking to the Content: A Response to the Prause & Pfaus letter “Red Herring: Hook, Line, and Stinker” (by Gabe Deem)
Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria Print version ISSN 1516-4446On-line version ISSN 1809-452X Rev. Bras. Psiquiatr., ahead of print Epub June 07, 2018 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1516-4446-2017-2476 ARTICLES Marco D.T. Scanavino1 2 Ana Ventuneac3 Carmita H.N. Abdo2 Hermano Tavares2 Maria L.S. Amaral1 Bruna Messina1 Sirlene C. Reis1 2 João P.L.B. Martins1 Jeffrey T. Parsons3 4 5 1Ambulatório de Impulso Sexual Excessivo e Prevenção de Desfechos Negativos Associados ao Comportamento Sexual (AISEP), Instituto de Psiquiatria (IPq), […]
Read More… from Sexual compulsivity, anxiety, depression, and sexual risk behavior among treatment-seeking men in São Paulo, Brazil (2018)
Eur J Neurosci. 2018 Jun 8. doi: 10.1111/ejn.13987. Wang Z1, Wu L2, Yuan K3, Hu Y4, Zheng H1, Du X5, Dong G1,6. Abstract Although online gaming may lead to Internet gaming disorder (IGD), most players are recreational game users (RGUs) who do not develop IGD. Thus far, little is known about brain structural abnormalities in […]
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Today is the official day where i hit 150 days without any pornography. So I thought it would be good to write a reflection piece. I started quitting my addictions at the end of april, 2017. I was 19 at the time, and little did I know, I was a major addict to a lot […]
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J Behav Addict. 2018 Jun 5:1-12. doi: 10.1556/2006.7.2018.33. Wordecha M1, Wilk M1,2, Kowalewska E1,3, Skorko M1, Łapiński A4, Gola M1,5. Abstract Background and aims Compulsive sexual behaviors (CSBs) are an important clinical and social issue. Despite the increasing number of studies, some of CSB’s aspects remain under-investigated. Here, we explore the nature of CSB, such […]
Read More… from Pornographic binges as a key characteristic of males seeking treatment for compulsive sexual behaviors: Qualitative and quantitative 10-week-long diary assessment (2018)
By Harriet Williamson Wednesday 30 May 2018 A study has revealed that 36% of young men between the ages of 16 and 24 have experienced sexual performance problems in the last year. The figures are higher for men between 25 and 34, with nearly 40% of those surveyed admitting to having issues in bedroom. Sexual […]
Read More… from Performance issues in the bedroom are not just an old man’s problem. Sex therapist Aoife Drury (2018)