8-05 After a long period of no sex (2 years – potentially triggered by a traumatic life event) I decided it was time I sorted my life out and get with some girls. During this period my porn and masturbation use had risen to a point where only extreme and highly specific porn (e.g. 2 […]
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Day 18 I am very happy and somewhat surprised to find myself here. I have had a 40-plus year addiction to PMO. I have lived a double life, pretending that my “private” addiction really wasn’t that big a deal, after all other people are hooked on drugs, alcohol etc. I got into soft core mags […]
Day 14 How did I get here? Exposed to Playboy as a teen I’ve been hooked for my adult life. An at least 2-3x week habit progressing to video for as much as 8 hours straight while home alone. The long sessions are relatively rare and I’ve been trying to manage myself to quit. For […]
(Additional background below) Soon after I joined the army, during my two months of basic training I had no access to pornographic material. And unknowingly experienced many of the withdrawal symptoms described on the yourbrainonporn website. I was depressed all of a sudden; I was extremely irritable; there were no females around during my basic […]
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Oxytocin Revisited by Sarina Rodrigues Saturn, Ph.D. Oxytocin is having an identity crisis. With widespread targets throughout the body and the brain, a wealth of studies in animals and humans have shown that oxytocin administration can promote pair bonding, generosity, trust, the ability to read others’ emotions, eye contact, and calm the emotional responses of […]
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History – 07-17 I’ve had enough of ruining my golden years due to this. I discovered porn at around 10 years old I think. I found some explicit material on my older brother’s laptop and at first was just like what the hell? Who are these weird looking women with there abnormally sized breasts and […]
Tales of Porn-Related ED 7 is in an 8-part series of stories with a very small sampling of self-reports by various men who have experienced porn-induced ED. For more stories check out these porn-induced ED threads and forum sections: Too much porn/masturbation cause ED? (3300 posts) 22 with porn induced erectile dysfunction? (450 posts) Porn-induced […]
A forum member shared: Few months ago I did a course on the power of the human brain – specifically the power the subconscious has on our daily lives. (http://www.pacificinstitute.co.uk/solutions/investment-in-excellence/) I only recently realized that some of the scientific ways the brain works – actually explain why porn recovery is so difficult . And the […]
Comments: States – Internet addiction may be as high as 25% in the population, and ADHD is associated with overuse, and may exacerbate symptoms. Atten Defic Hyperact Disord. 2011 Dec;3(4):327-34. Epub 2011 Sep 24. Weiss MD, Baer S, Allan BA, Saran K, Schibuk H. Source Children’s and Women’s Health Centre of BC, University of British […]
Comments: really nice article explaining dopamine Published on December 11, 2011 by Loretta Graziano Breuning, Ph.D. in Greaseless Reaching a goal triggers dopamine. That feels great, but the spurt soon ends. Then you become who you were before the spurt. If you’re not comfortable with that, you can get caught up in endless efforts to […]